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Wentworth NSW. Duck on dead gum tree branch at the confluence of the Murray and Darling Rivers.
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Milang. The Anglican Gothic style toilet. The Anglican Church opened in 1911 and the toilet was built around the same time.
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Mulwala NSW. Dusty day on Lake Mulwala.
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Adelaide. Victoria Square. The 1916 statue of Australian explorer Captain Charles Sturt peering into the distance. Sculptor was Adrian Jones..
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Mt Pleasant Sth Aust. Western side of the homestead built in 1858 at Rosebank historic sheep station. Rear section built circa 1900. Sheep station established by George Melrose in 1842 still run by his ancestors.
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Strathalbyn. The Victoria Hotel. Established 1865.
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Daveyston. The first Post Office was established in 1863. This tin shed was the smallest Post Office in the southern hemisphere. It operated as the sign says.1937 to 1974.
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Blanchetown from Paisley with the two bridges across the Murray River. The first bridge was built 1963 and was sinking. The second bridge opened 1998.
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Angaston. Lindsay Park House. Architect Henry Evans. Built 1851 for George Fife Angas. Side additions date from around 1900.
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Strathalbyn established in 1839. Reflections in the Angas River with the Rotunda and spires of St Andrews Presbyterian Church in the distance.
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Morgan. On the River Murray. Landseers warehouse which sent goods up the Murray and Darling rivers to outback New South Wales. Built late 19th century
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Morgan. The fine Anglican Church built in 1894. Architect was William Mallyon.
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Milang. Street fronaget view of the Milang Anglican Church. Built in 1911.
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Mt Pleasant Sth Aust. Rear view of the homestead built from 1858 at Rosebank historic sheep station. Rear section built circa 1900. Sheep station established by George Melrose in 1842 still run by his ancestors.
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Morgan on the River Murray. The Landseers warehouse supplied good for the paddle steamers that went up the Darling River to outback NSW from 1878 to 1931..
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Blanchetown. Information board on the historic site of Moorundie established by explorer Edward John Eyre.
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Corowa. The former flourmill and silos. The mill was built in 1921 and closed in 1970. Now a whisky distillery .The first town flour mill was built in the 1870s..
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Strathalbyn. The National Trust Heritage Museum was the Court House built in 1865. Beyond it is part of the old police station built in 1855.
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Corowa. The former flourmill and silos. The mill was built in 1921 and closed in 1970. Now a whisky distillery and chocolate factory.
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One of the Seven Sister houses built by Captain Arnold in Mannum in 1911. They are all identical and made of pressed tin.
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Goolwa Railway Station. The first station was near the rotunda in the middle of town from around 1853. This station was erected on the wharf around 1884 when steam trains began operating thourgh to Adelaide. Steamranger tourist trains operated from here.
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Goolwa. The 1861 Wesleyan Methodist Church now a Uniting Church. The transepts were added in 1881.
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Water pool along Reedy Creek at Mannum waterfalls South Australia.
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Corowa. The home of the people's movement for Australian federation. The old classical style Memorial Hall.
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Morgan on the River Murray. Old general stores, the Post Office and on top of the hill the Customs House. All built in the 1880s. Town established in 1878.
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Mt Pleasant Sth Aust. The shearers dining hall and quarters at Rosebank historic sheep station. Established by George Melrose in 1842 or 1843. George Melrose died in 1894. His ancestors still run the property.
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The Coorong. sea lions at the Murray River estuary. Some cooling themselves in the water.
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Mannum. The Paddle Steamer Marion on the River Murray. it was built in 1897 and restored in 1994. Now owned by the National Trust Museum in Mannum.
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Mt Pleasant Sth Aust. Historic Rosebank sheep station established by George Melrose in 1842 or 1843. Homestead built 1858. George Melrose died in 1894. His ancestors still run the property.
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Goolwa. The rail tracks as a Steam Ranger Red Hen rail car leaves Goolwa Railway station and Lake Alexandrina.
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Mannum. The Lutheran Church on the cliffs above the Murray River. It opened in 1936.
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Strathalbyn. Street art. A motorcyclist and his bike in High Street.
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Goolwa Wesleyan Methodist Church built in 1861. The transepts were added a few years later.
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Goolwa. The distinctive half rounded roof of the railway superintendents residence completed in 1854.
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Blanchetown. The fine old Georgian style Post Office and Telegraph Station built in 1865 when the government was still considering this town as a rail terminus to link into the river boat trade up the Murray Darling Rivers.
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Milang. Photo from the Milang railway station museum of Landseers big warehouses during the river boat trading days of the 19th century in Milang. Now all these buildings are gone.
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Yarrawonga. The Cumberoona is an old paddle steamer rebuilt in 1986 as this ship's bell shows.
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Lake Mulwala in NSW. The lake was created in 1939 when the last weir was built across the River Murray at Yarrawonga.
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Milang. Red hot pokers pidgeons and the Milang Anglican Church. It was built in 1911.
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Morgan on the River Murray. The Terminus and Commercial Hotels which were both built in 1879. The town was settled 1878. Morgan was the terminus of the railway from Adelaide.
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Goolwa. Altar and interior of the Goolwa Anglican Church with its fine hammerhead ceiling. Built in 1867.
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Britannia Foundry in Strathalbyn founded in 1869. Two storey House however was built in 1855 for William Rowe. Foundry ceased operations in 1878.
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Argus House Strathalbyn . Built in 1868 as a two storey residence and shop. The Southern Argus newspaper was printed here from 1872 to 1948.
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Goolwa. Hindmarsh Island monument to Captain Charles Sturt and Captain Collett Barker. Both explorers of the River Murray and the southern lakes system of South Australia in 1830 and 1831.
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Murbko. The old 1907 built and still in use Lutheran Church with the River Murray flats at its back door.
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Morgan. The old Institute. Foundation stone 1909 and the official opening in 1910 These front rooms were added in 1924.
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Stockwell in the Barossa Valley. fine old stone villa house dating from circa 1890. Carob trees used as street trees.
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Blackwell House Strathalbyn 1869. Double sash windows with curved tops. In 1912 a butcher purchased it and named it Blackwell House and operated a butcher shop from here.
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Daveyston. Fine stone farm house in Hempel Road. Probably built around 1890.
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Morgan. On the River Murray. The old morgue built in the late 19th century when bodies were sailed down the river from isolated sheep stations to a big town like Morgan.By the river punt.
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Daveyston. A German style residence. Probably built in the 1860s or 1870s. It might have been the Lutheran manse.
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Morgan on the Murray. Old wharves erected in 1878 when the railway reached Morgan. 168 metres long and once a hive of activity.
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Strathalbyn. High Street. Harringtons old store known as London House. Now an antiques shop. built 1867 with stables at rear for Cobb and Co coaches.
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Morgan. On the River Murray. The old railway turntable. The Kapunda to Morgan railway reached the town in 1878.
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Strathalbyn. Entrance porch to the Georgian style Court House. It was built in 1865. It is now a museum. The quoins are not painted. They are in Mount Lofty purple sandstone.
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Morgan. The old railway station which opened in 1878. Now the town information centre. Rail services to Morgan ceased in 1969.
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Wentworth New South Wales. Oldest town on the River Murray as established in 1851. Wentworth Gaol built in 1879. Impressive gates.
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Randell Dry Dock and Paddle Steamer Marion in Mannum
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Goolwa. Australia's first public railway carriage. On display in Goolwa. The Goolwa to Port Elliot horse railway opened in 1853. Work began on the railway in 1851. Carriage marked as SAR.
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Corowa. The Anglican Church was built in 1883. It features a beautiful stained glass window donated by and in memory of Elizabeth Hume of Bryamine House.
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