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Bakers at Murray Bridge
First building on Sixth Street : M.H. (Maurice) Kruger's Baker and Grocer, horsedrawn delivery cart out the front.
Private School, Murray Bridge
J. G. Neumann's School, Teacher Neumann and pupils.
Savings Bank, Murray Bridge
Savings Bank construction.
Floodwaters at Murray Bridge
Beauchamp Bros. milk factory and milk boats: by the flooded factory. The Factory was built in 1913 and demolished 1982.
Barge "Ukee"
Barge "Ukee" carrying 1700 bales of wool. Reputed to be the biggest load of wool ever taken into Echuca in one haul. This barge carried wool and wheat along the River Murray, sometimes 250 tonnes at a time. She was the sixth largest barge to operate in the Murray-Darling river system. She was built at Morgan
'Merle', Screw Steamer
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].
Canoes Cut from Trees
Trees from which canoes were cut by Murray River Aboriginal people.
PS 'Industry' passing through a lock
Paddle steamer 'Industry' with two barges in tow, passing through a lock on the Murray River. The barges are possibly the 'Achilles' and 'Ajax'. [Information supplied by Frank Tucker.]
Settlers Hut
Settlers hut by the Murray River.
Murray River, Renmark
Murray River - looking from Hotel, Renmark. Murray Views Postcards ; no. 10.
Loading fuelwood on to P.S.'Gem'
MURRAY RIVER: Men loading fuelwood on to the paddle steamer 'Gem' from a stockpile on the banks of the Murray River.
Passengers on the deck of P.S.'Gem'
MURRAY RIVER: A group of six young friends enjoying a trip along the Murray River photographed on the lower deck of the paddle steamer 'Gem'.
Loading fuelwood on to P.S.'Gem'
MURRAY RIVER: Men loading fuelwood on to P.S.'Gem' from a stockpile on the banks of the Murray River.
Tunnel under construction
MURRAY BRIDGE: Section of the tunnel under construction at Murray Bridge.
Laying water pipe in Mallee country
MURRAY RIVER: Laying water pipe in Mallee country.
Pumping water from the Murray
GENERAL: A settler, unable to afford to run his car for transport or to buy new tyres, uses the engine to pump water up to his home from the Murray River. Registration number 66-787 was B.E.A. Hay of Paringa for this Overland car which was a 1916 model.
River Murray Trading Boats
No. 674. River Murray Trading Boats. Paddlesteamer Queen and barge Bourke.
Touring in S.A. and Victoria : Murray Bridge
Views taken during the West Broken Hill Football Club tours of South Australia and Victoria, 1925 : Butter factory, Murray Bridge.
Murray River fish boat
A small paddle steamer, identified as a 'Murray River fish boat' (probably P.S. 'Victoria') on a wide stretch of river. According to a researcher, P.S. Victoria was used as a fishing steamer in the Karadoc area. There is a fish punt on the starboard forward quarter, where the fish that were caught were kept alive until it was time to send them off to market. P.S. Victoria lays as a hulk in the Murray River, just up from the Cahffey bridge, and can be seen when the weir at Mildura is removed during a low river.
Ada Murray and her sons
A studio portrait of Ada Murray (nee Lush) and her two sons: Chadwick Alexander Eyre (left) and Kenneth George (right).
Aboriginal football team
A group of 18 Aboriginal men, all wearing football uniforms. Identified as 'A team of Aboriginal footballers from all along the Murray. Many from Swan Reach'.
Barge 29 approaching Murray Bridge
The 'Barge 29'approaching Murray Bridge with helmsman standing at wheel and flag flying. [Comment from F. Tucker: 'This has got to be the "D26" barge which Alan Moritz purchased at about this time at Echuca and brought back to Murray Bridge using an outboard as propulsion'].
Twin screw motor launch Pultawa approaching Murray Bridge
Twin screw motor launch 'Pultawa', mail boat, with sacks loaded on foredeck, approaching the bridge at Murray Bridge, with train steaming over the bridge.
Schooner Reliance at Murray Bridge
Partial side view of schooner 'Reliance' at Murray Bridge Wharf, still with its three masts intact, with P.S. 'Kookaburra' at rear. According to a researcher, the vessel in the background is the P.V. 'Coonawarra' not the P.S. 'Kookaburra'.
Aerial view of River Murray barrages with superimposed text
Aerial view of the River Murray barrages, with superimposed text providing locations of Tauwitchere barrage, Ewe Island barrage, Boundary Creek barrage, Mundoo barrage and Goolwa barrage, with view from the Coorong to the Murray Mouth.
Aerial view of River Murray Estuary barrages showing Mundoo Barrage
Aerial view of River Murray barrages showing Mundoo barrage and Mundoo channel, Goolwa channel and Murray Mouth.
Floodwater at Kingston-on-Murray with trees underwater
A man in a small rowboat on the floodwaters, with tree trunks under water around him, at Kingston-on-Murray. In the distance, on the left, screw launch 'Alexandra' is just visible off a small sandy point, with people and possibly cattle or cargo on the bank.
An orchard at Kingston-on-Murray
A long view between two rows of an orchard at Kingston-on-Murray.
Home of George R. Edwards the first settler at Murray Bridge
Home of George R. Edwards, the first settler at Murray Bridge, who took up sections 74 and 76, Hundred of Mobilong in 1855, and after whom Edwards Crossing was named.
Railway workers' camp site at Murray Bridge
Railway workers sitting in front of their camp site at Murray Bridge, with hotel in the background (possibly Bridgeport Hotel?). Photographed by E. Diedreich.