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Cobdogla. Volunteer railway men and the two foot guage Cobdogla to Loveday railway. It opened in 1921 to carry irrigation pipes. Now used for tourists from the Cobdogla Steam museum. The Farleigh engine
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Waikerie. Silo art on old grain silos depicting River Murray life - bull rushes, Murray Hardyhead fish and a blue Yabby related to lobsters.
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Loxton. The only part of the old early Loxton school that is left. The windows have been remodelled. This room was built in the 1920s.
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Pellaring Flat near Mannum on the River Murray. The government school. Built in 1895. Closed as a school in 1936. Rounded windows and school door detail. Now used for farm storage.
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Moorook. On the wall of the General Store and Post Office is this mural of the River Murray and the Paddle Steamer Marion.
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Caloote on the River Murray. A government school was started here in 1888. In 1910 parents petitioned for a new school room. This wooden one came from Sandy Creek School.Now a residence with modern water tank. .
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Bookpurnong. On the River Murray at Lock Four. The lock manager's house built around 1929 when the lock was completed. Unsual triple arch decoiation in the gable brick work.
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Sitting Pretty
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River Cliffs - Blanchetown
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Mannum. The Post Office. Built around 1920 hence the GR on the facade. Built when George Fifth was king. Made of local River Murray cliff limestone.
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Bronze statue of William Chaffey the founder of Mildura Victoria. The Chaffey brothers started their irrigation scheme here in 1887. First river irrigation scheme in Australia.
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Renmark. The nave and altar of the Anglican Church of St Augustine of Hippo. Dedicated in 1906 by Anglican Bishop Thomas Nutter.
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Paringa. The information boards about the people depicted on the Paringa Silo Art installation.
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Mannum. The third school built in the town around 1920. A more recent school stands across the road from this building.
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Mount Mary. Near Morgan on the Kapunda to Morgan railway line. The railway reached Mount Mary in 1878. Two joined stone railway workers houses are all that remain of the railway station. .
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New Residence on the Murray. A communistic Village Settlement 1896 to 1897. German settlers arrived in 1901 and built this Lutheran school and church in 1905. A new foundation stone was inserted in 2000.
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Mannum. The rear view of the old government primary school built around 1920 and now a community centre.
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Monash. In the Riverland of South Australia. Thememorial cairn to General Sir John Monash in front fo the Memorial Hall 1939
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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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Echuca. Victoria. Dr Crossons residence and private hospital. Built 1875.Ornate. Cast iron balcony. Architect Wm Vahland.
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Moorook. The old 1896 school and institue built for the communistic Village Settlement. Beyond is the 1933 Institute which is still in use.
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Loxton. In the Riverland. The second Sunday service about to begin in the 1925 built St Peters Lutheran Church. .
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Swan Hill. The former National Bank built in classical style in 1888. Closed in 1953. Now solicitor offices.
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Tree Gets Pole Support
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Swamp Fox
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Loxton. St Petri Lutheran Church and school room built in 1904.
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Loxton North Primary School. One of the original wooden transportable classrooms used when this school first opened around 1950. That was when the Loxton soldier settler irrigation area was established.
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Off to Swimming Lessons
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Mannum on the River Murray. Old dead eucalypt used for flood level markings with a new flood level post beside it.
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Renmark. Wilkinson Memorial Congregational Church. Built in 1933. Earlier church erected in 1891 and moved elswhere when this stone church opened..
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Morgan. Carmine's Antiques in one of the town's old general stores. Town established 1878. These stores built around 1880.
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The Bit in the Foreground is the Normal River Course
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Model of Murray Mouth and Coorong
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Murtho on the River Murray. Cliffs at Headings Lookout.
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P.S. Trafalgar towing two loaded barges under Murray Bridge, 1929
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Rocky Reflections
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New Residence on the River Murray. It was communistic Village Settlement 1896 to 1897. German settlers arrived in 1901 and built a Lutheran school and church in 1905. In 1925 they built again with Trinity Lutheran Church. .
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Swan Reach Lutheran church . Built in 1923 but services began in 1911.
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Monash. In the Riverland of South Australia. Thefacade of the General Sir John Monash Memorial Hall 1939. Monash irrigation area was founded for soldier settlers in 1920 as Lone Gum.
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River Murray flood Mannum 1956
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Swan Hill. Swirling colours of the Heartbeat of the Murray laser.show. Shown at the Swan Hill Pioneer Settlement nightly.
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Mount Mary. Near Morgan on the Kapunda to Morgan railway line. The railway reached Mount Mary in 1878. The still trading Mount Mary Hotel built in 1894. .
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Monash. In the Riverland. The side of the Sir John Monash Memorial Hall. Monash was established as a soldier settlement irrigation area for returning World War One soldiers.
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Loxton. In the Riverland. The foundation stone of the 1925 built St Peters Lutheran Church all written in old German script.
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Swan Hill. Night laser show called Heartbeat of the Murray. At Swan Hill Pioneer Settlement.
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Psyche Pump House in Mildura built by the Chaffey brothers in 1891. It pumps water from the Murray to the Mildura irrigation area.A great brick building with an industrial purpose. River Murray to the left of the photo.
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Mypolonga. The opening 1916 classroom room with three ventilators on the roof is now the school library.
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Loxton. In the Riverland. The altar of the 1925 built St Peters Lutheran Church. It holds two services for up to 200 people every Sunday morning..
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Morgan. This river port is in the Hundred of Eba. Cut out figures facing a long wait on the old disused Eba railway station platform. The railway reached Morgan and Eba in 1878.
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Mannum on the River Murray. Former residence of Francis Henry Randell in McLaren St. Built in 1872. He was brother of William Richard Randell the founder of Mannum and pioneer of the river boat trade from 1853.
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Goolwa. Spirit of the Coorrong cruise boat passing through the lock in the barrages which keep the salt water from the River Murray mouth out of Lake Alexandrina.
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Port Elliot. The Hotel Elliot and a steam train pulling in to Port Elliot Railway Station. It is the Cockle Train. (2)
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Echuca. The Customs House built in 1884.
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Renmark. This stone Anglican porch was added in 1957 to the original stone church of 1906. The 1957 foundation stone by Bishop Reed. The church is on the banks of the River Murray.
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Swan Hill. Decorative Art Deco panel inside the 1934 built Town Hall.
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Swan Hill Victoria. Old steam engine in the Swan Hill Pioneer Settlement.
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Renmark. The church is on the banks of the River Murray which is visible. Opened in 1906. Prior to that the apddle steamer Etona served Renmark. Architects were English and Soward from Adelaide. .
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Berri. In the Riverland. St Albans Anglican Church. Currently up for sale. Built in 1960.
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Peaceful Spot on the Murray
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Myrla near Wunkar. The Lutheran Church entry. Church built in 1924. Cemetery behind the church.
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