Lyndoch is a town in Barossa Valley

Barossa Valley

The Barossa Valley is a major wine-producing region and tourist destination of South Australia, located 60 km northeast of Adelaide. It is the valley formed by the North Para River, and the Barossa Valley Way is the main road through the valley, connecting the main towns on the valley floor of...

, located on the Barossa Valley Highway

Barossa Valley Highway

The Barossa Valley Highway is the main road linking most of the major towns of the Barossa Valley in South Australia. It is designated as highway B19...

 between Gawler

Gawler, South Australia

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 and Tanunda

Tanunda, South Australia

Tanunda is a town situated in the Barossa Valley region of South Australia, 70 kilometres north east of the state capital, Adelaide. The town derives its name from an Aboriginal word meaning water hole. Town population is approximately 3500.-Settlement:...

, 58 km northeast of Adelaide. The town has an elevation

Elevation

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 of 175m and an average rainfall

Precipitation (meteorology)

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 of 560.5mm. It is one of the oldest towns in South Australia

South Australia

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Lyndoch is in the Barossa Council

Barossa Council

Barossa Council is a Local Government Area in the Barossa Valley in South Australia. It was proclaimed on 1 July 1996 through the amalgamation of several former councils:*District Council of Angaston*District Council of Barossa*District Council of Tanunda...

. It is in the state

South Australian House of Assembly

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 electoral district of Schubert

Electoral district of Schubert

Schubert is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after Max Schubert, the winemaker of Grange Hermitage...

 and the federal

Australian House of Representatives

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 Division of Barker

Division of Barker

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Lyndoch was named by Colonel William Light in December 1837 after his esteemed friend Lord Lynedoch who was his Captain in the Battle of Barrosa

Battle of Barrosa

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 in 1811. It was an unfortunate misspelling that gave the town its name. The town was settled in 1839 and the village laid out later.

Lyndoch was declared a sister town to Georgetown, Texas as both Texas and South Australia celebrated their sesqui-centenary in 1986.

The town is now primarily a service centre for the surrounding grape and wine industry and a dormitory town with a significant number of local residents commuting to the city of Adelaide each day for employment.

Wineries

• Chateau Yaldara
  Chateau Yaldara
  Chateau Yaldara is an Australian winery located near Lyndoch South Australia in the historic Barossa Valley wine-growing region. It was founded by the Hermann Thumm in 1947 after he emigrated to Australia from Europe in 1946. The site chosen for the winery was on the banks of the North Para River...
  
  
• Kies Family Wines
• Chateau Barrosa
• Burge Family Winemakers
• Schild Estate Wines
• Ross Estate
• Trevor Jones Fine Wines
• Charles Cimicky Wines
• Kellermeister Wines

Other Places

• Lyndoch Lavender Farm
• Lyndoch Hotel
• Lord Lyndoch
• Lyndoch Bakery
• Peter Franz Gallery
• Lyndoch Tennis Club