MURRAY BRIDGE

Rowing on the Murray River in South Australia

c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/21/172

Teams of four oarsmen rowing on the Murray River during a competition held at Murray Bridge, South Australia.

Rowing on the Murray River in South Australia

c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/21/170

Teams of four oarsmen rowing on the Murray River during a competition held at Murray Bridge, South Australia.

c. 1900, Photograph, B 20199

River flats, 300-400 yards below the Bridge.

Murray Bridge

c. 1920, Photograph, B 40256

General view with the Railway Bridge in the background.

Steam launch, Murray Bridge

c. 1907, Photograph, B 26198

Old fashioned steam launch on the River Murray. Under digital magnification the name of the vessel appears to be 'Adventurer' or similar.

Murray Bridge Councillor

c. 1965, Photograph, B 46552

Mr. A. V. Pugh, Returning Officer for the District of Murray for 60 years, also a Director of the Eudunda Farmers Co-operative Society.

Venus barge beside P.S. Victor at Murray Bridge

c. 1898, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/3877

Bow and partial side view of 'Venus' barge with 'P.S. Victor' alongside, and 'P.S. Tyro' at rear, at Murray Bridge wharf.

View across the Murray River

c. 1935, Photograph, B 69842/27

A view across the Murray River, with a settlement in the distance (?Murray Bridge).

Sheahan collection of river craft, bridges, locks

c. 1900, Photograph, B 63241/1-114

The Sheahan Collection consists of 114 views depicting river craft and two steam boat captains, bridges, and locks on the Murray River in South Australia. See 'contents' for details of items.

Album of travel photographs taken around Australia

c. 1950, Photograph, B 72499/1-38

An album of photographs showing city and regional areas around Australia. Photographs taken in South Australia have been digitised. Album includes photographs from New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, Western Australia, Queensland and Tasmania. Interstate tourist attractions shown include Thunderbolt Rock (NSW) and an unusual tree stump carving relating to "Ponsasinorum" in Victoria. Some of the photographs have been colourised and many may be postcards. See 'contents' for details of digitised images.

Prints from glass plate negatives of South Australian scenes

Tolley, J. C., 1900, Photograph, PRG 1377/78/1-231

Prints from glass plate negatives of photographs of scenes of country South Australia and Adelaide, taken in the first decade of the 20th century. See 'Contents' for more details about the photographs. Some locations, exact dates and the photographers' names are unknown - see 'More info' section for information. Do a NUMBER search on PRG 1377/78/1-231 to see digitised images of this collection.

River Murray, Mannum and Berri

Trengove, Arthur M., c. 1906, Photograph, PRG 1480/16/1-121

Records of the Reverend Arthur M. Trengove comprising lantern slides and glass plate negatives of Murray River scenes including paddlesteamers, boating for leisure, picturesque landscape scenes and items documenting flood levels in Berri, Mannum and Morgan. See CONTENTS for more information and details of images.

Photographs of roads, bridges, equipment, vehicles and floods

c. 1875, Photograph, B 72583/1-44

Collection of photographs showing bridges, roads, vehicles, road construction equipment, punts, River Murray flood scenes and a cover from a South Australian themed Christmas card.

South Australian Farmers' Co-operative Union photograph album

Smith, D. Darian, c. 1938, Photograph, B 78620

Album containing 38 gelatin silver photographs mounted on card, with printed captions mounted below each print, depicting the locations and activities of the South Australian Farmers' Co-operative Union Limited in approximately 1938.

Paringa Bridge, Renmark

c. 1950, Photograph, B 63158

RENMARK: Paringa bridge, built over the Murray River at Renmark, South Australia. The Paringa railway bridge over the River Murray. The bridge, considered to be one of Australia's great engineering feats, was designed so that one of the six steel spans could be raised to allow the river boats to pass through. It carried a single-track railway and also catered for road traffic with cantlevered roadways on both sides of the central spans. For a more comprehensive view of the bridge, see B 60629/99.

South Australian scenes and activities 21

Heinemann, Elva, c. 1968, Photograph, B 71192/1231-1302

Part of a collection of slides taken by amateur photographer Elva Heinemann of South Australian scenes and activities, featuring Adelaide city, the Murray Lands and north of Adelaide, and the Flinders Ranges. Images 1282-1289 taken in 1969, images 1290-1302 taken in 1984. See 'contents' for details of individual images.

Views of South Australian places, festivals and events

South Australia. Immigration, Publicity and Tourist Bureau, 1964, Photograph, B 71728/1-38

Views of South Australian places and events taken by a South Australian Government Tourist Bureau photographer. See 'Contents' note for more details.

Adelaide to Melbourne : Robe - Adelaide

c. 1936, Photograph, B 43968/143

One hundred and forty-third photograph of 148 in an album. Trip to Melbourne via Ocean Road and return via Ballarat - Naracoorte, March 8th - 22nd 1936. View of the two bridges and the township at Murray Bridge.

Adelaide to Melbourne : Robe - Adelaide

c. 1936, Photograph, B 43968/144

One hundred and forty-fourth photograph of 148 in an album. Trip to Melbourne via Ocean Road and return via Ballarat - Naracoorte, March 8th - 22nd 1936. The Railway Bridge, Murray Bridge.

'Merle', Screw Steamer

1948, Photograph, B 26224

Screw steamer 'Merle', on a sightseeing trip on the River Murray at Blanchetown, after conversion to a motor vessel for tourist trips between Murray Bridge to Blanchetown and downstream to the Lakes. It sank after a fire and lies just south of the railway bridge at Murray Bridge. There was also a Paddle Steamer 'Merle', which sank during a storm in 1917. It was built in Morgan in 1904 by Edward Dienier and named after one of his daughters. It pulled the barges Eva Millicent and Flo D until it sank during a storm in Lake Alexandrina in 1917, the crew and passengers taking refuge on the barge Flo until help arrived [see PRG 1258/1/2675 for another copy of this image].

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Heinemann, Elva, 1968, Photograph, B 71192/826-885

Part of a collection of slides taken by amateur photographer Elva Heinemann of South Australian scenes and activities, featuring Adelaide suburbs in 1968 and Murray River Queen, 1980. See 'contents' for details of individual images.

Building the railway tunnel

c. 1924, Photograph, B 15744

Building the railway tunnel at Murray Bridge. A 70 metre tunnel was required under Bridge Street in Murray Bridge

Bridge over the Murray River at Swan Hill

c. 1937, Photograph, B 55683

This is a lift span bridge with the span raised for the passage of a steamer - probably the PS 'Marion' as it is raised rather high. It is the Swan Hill bridge, probably in the 1930s when the 'Marion' was running through to Echuca. [Information supplied by Frank Tucker, 2008.]

P.S. Blanche at site of bridge construction

c. 1874, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/262

The paddlesteamer 'Blanche' at Edwards Crossing (Murray Bridge) with the construction of the bridge over the Murray River just starting.

Twin screw Columbia

c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/553

Twin screw Columbia & unidentified shipping at Murray Bridge Wharf.

Screw launch Loyalty

c. 1950, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/1932

Side view of motor vessel 'Loyalty', with enclosed deck for tourists, at Murray Bridge. A researcher has provided the information that one of the 'Loyalty's drivers was Burt Williams.

Screw vessel Loyalty, a milk boat

c. 1930, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/1933

Side view of milk boat 'Loyalty' with load of milk, under way on river.

M.V. Merle.

c. 1948, Photograph, B 74173

Motor vessel 'Merle' going under the bridge at Murray Bridge.

Renmark - Paringa Bridge

c. 1934, Photograph, B 6493

[General description] Interesting view, almost symmetrical, of the span of the bridge taken from the middle of the railway tracks. [On back of photograph] 'Bridge over the Murray at Renmark / Railway track in the centre, other traffic at each side / 1934'.

[Map of Fleurieu Peninsula showing Hundreds of Encounter Bay, Waitpinga, Yankalilla and Myponga, with separate map of River Murray and lakes][cartographic material]

1854, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/119/87

Map of land sections in Hundreds of Encounter Bay, Waitpinga, Yankalilla and Myponga, all in County of Hindmarsh, with sections held by the South Australian Company coloured green. Myponga Hd. designated area 'D', Encounter Bay 'E' and Yankalilla 'F'. Map area includes coastline from north of Myponga River to Inman River on Encounter Bay. In a separate section above this is a map of the River Murray from above Murray Bridge down to the Lakes and Murray Mouth on Encounter Bay, in the Counties of Sturt and Russell. Land sections along the river from Murray Bridge to the Wellington area are shown, a few only numbered. (This map is part of a larger map of the County of Hindmarsh compiled from the Government plans by Robert Stephenson, surveyor, dated May 1854. See BRG 42/120/27 for complete map.) Lithograph with watercolour, ink notation. No scale given on this part (half inch to 1 mile). Stamped 29.11.[18]55.

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