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Red Cliffs is a medium-sized country town at the northern end of Victoria's Mallee region. Its name derives, quite literally, from the colouration of the 70-metre cliffs to the east of town.

One of Australia's largest irrigation pumping stations brings water from the Murray River to the district where it is used in growing citrus fruits and grapes, largely for transformation into dried fruit. Once occupied by the Keramin Aborigines, the area was settled by Europeans and a town was established following the end of the First World War in 1918. Over 700 soldiers settled in the town, and began work on establishing the vineyards which would become the town's chief industry.

The large piece of machinery in Barclay Square, opposite the railway station, is known as 'Big Lizzie'. It was invented by Frank Bottrill and built at Richmond in 1914-1915. 'Lizzie' was intended to cart wool from outback stations in the Broken Hill area. The town features a number of other attractions including Cherannie's Doll Museum, Red Cliffs Museum and Heritage Room, Red Cliffs Military Museum, Red Cliffs Scenic Reserve, Red Cliffs Historical Steam Railway, plus a number of wineries and nature reserves.

• Population: 2919 1
• Postcode: 3496
• Location: 529 km northwest of Melbourne
• Main Roads: Calder Hwy A79
• Radio Stations: FM: ABC Classic (102.7 MHz), ABC Mildura-Swan Hill (104.3 MHz), ABC News on Radio (100.3 MHz), ABC RN (105.9 MHz), Hit 99.5 (99.5 MHz), Hot FM (106.7 MHz), Rete Italia (89.1 MHz), SBS Radio (98.7 MHz), Son FM 88 (88.0 MHz), The Range (87.6 MHz), Triple J (101.1 MHz), Triple M (97.9 MHz), Vision Australia Radio Mildura (107.5 MHz) and Vision Christian Radio (87.8 MHz). AM: ABC Riverland (1062 kHz), ABC Wimmera (594 kHz), Radio Sport National (1359 KHz) and River 1467 (1467 kHz)

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	Red Cliffs Town Centre: India Av in Red Cliffs, 2004. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	Red Cliffs Town Centre: India Av in Red Cliffs, 2004. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	Barclay Square: Soldiers memorial and rotunda in Barclay Sq, Red Cliffs, 2004. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	Big Lizzie: Big Lizzie machine on static display in Barclay Sq at Red Cliffs, 2004. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	Big Lizzie: Big Lizzie machine on static display in Barclay Sq at Red Cliffs, 2004. Image © Jamie Scuglia

1 Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2016 Census QuickStats

Last updated: 02-Dec-2019 11:43

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