Lipson

History

The township was named after Thomas Lipson, a naval officer born in 1783, who came to South Australia in 1836 and was appointed collector of customs and harbour master at Port Adelaide. Lipson was once a well established town, having a number of facilities including a post office, church, shop and a school. The school opened in 1881 as Yaranyacka school and closed in 1950. Nearby mines produced some of the finest talc in the world, but with the closing of the mines, the town gradually died. The district surrounding Lipson is agricultural, with sheep and cereal crops prevalent. The Ungarra, Butler and Lipson Football clubs merged in 1963 to form the Eyre united Football Club, with the oval now located at Ungarra. Despite the waning of the town, the annual Lipson show has continued, with Tumby Bay residents and tourists flocking to the show each year. In 2004, the show celebrated its 100th year in operation.

Most-observed species

• Singing Honeyeater

  Gavicalis virescens (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  126
• Silver Gull

  Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) · Aves
  107
• Australian Kestrel

  Falco cenchroides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 · Aves
  106
• Pacific Gull

  Larus pacificus Latham, 1801 · Aves
  106
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  96
• New Holland Honeyeater

  Phylidonyris novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  90
• Galah

  Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  77
• Red Wattlebird

  Anthochaera carunculata (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  76

Most recent

• M 3.9 — 2018-07-01
  15 km WNW of Cowell, Australia
• M 4.7 — 2010-06-05
  23 km NW of Cowell, Australia
• M 3.4 — 2006-07-17
  55 km S of Cowell, Australia
• M 2.8 — 2002-11-08
  33 km N of Tumby Bay, Australia