Murray David Tyrrell AM (10 February 19212 October 2000) was a prominent Australian winemaker.
He was prominent in the development of the wine industry in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales

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, and for many years was regarded as the leading promoter and spokesperson for the wine industry there.

In the 1986 Australia Day

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 Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia

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(AM).