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  • The residence is a nice comfortable one on [[Edwards River|Edward]] River, 50 miles from Deniliquin. Wishing to reach [[Deniliquin|Deniliquin]] next ...'Fred Peppin''''s station residence, situated in a nice bend of the Edward River. Wanganella and Morago stations join, and are situated between the Edward a
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  • ...umbidgee River|Murrumbidgee]], the [[Edwards River|Edward]], the [[Lachlan River|Lachlan]], and the Darling, were to be followed up one side, and down the o ...ssed the country to Hay, on the Murrumbidgee, and up the left bank of that river to Wagga Wagga. The distance from Deniliquin to Hay is about 70 miles. I le
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  • (FROM THE OVENS AND MURRAY ADVERTISER. FEB 17) ...structure when completed will be about 700ft; the span over the bed of the river proper, on each side of which the 7ft. cylinders are placed, about 120ft. A
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  • ...ve and finest works of the kind in the colony. It spans the [[Murrumbidgee River|Murrumbidgee]], stretches across the flats (the site of old [[Riverina area ...y was short, but I had time while there to visit Victoria, by crossing the Murray to the rising township of Belvoir or [[Wodonga (2)|Wodonga]], on the opposi
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  • ...from [[Benalla|Benalla]] township, 22 from Violet Town, 30 from the Murray River, and 38.from Wangaratta; in the centre of a large agricultural district, wh
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  • Benalla station has been elected a few hundred yards beyond the river. The Government in the choice of site has favoured the bulk of the inhabita ...n laid. The contractors have to some extent been obliged to make the River Murray the base of operations. Rails and ironwork have been forwarded to Wodonga b
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  • ...er next when the line is to be finished - or rather opened up to the River Murray at Wodonga about 60 miles beyond Benalla.
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  • ...rs had not, like their brethren on the first section, to buy timber on the Murray, and get it brought down from Echuca to Melbourne by rail. ...ree quarters of a mile or a mile apart from one another. The fact that the river floods the land between prevents persons from occupying the vacant ground,
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  • ...ulburn, from its rise in the Woods point ranges to its confluence with the Murray ? As compared with other districts, there has been absolutely nothing done ...ooey of Melbourne - only 75 miles, and along the valley of Victoria's only river, and our inexhaustible resources are allowed to languish from the neglect o
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  • ...der of the line extending from Benalla to Wodonga, where it taps the River Murray, near Albury, a distance of about 66 miles. It was the original intention o
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  • ...of a very large and important district of New South Wales adjacent to the Murray, and it was hoped that the trade of the Tumut district would also be obtain ...the Goulburn is not so large as those over the Broken River and the Ovens River , on the second and third sections. About 32 miles from Melbourne , the Lin
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  • ...oods the rush of water in the Goulburn is tremendous, and the banks of the river are frequently overflown. It was considered safer to erect an iron bridge o ...in. in thickness, filled with concrete, and sunk 15ft below the bed of the river, until they rest upon a stratum of very hard cemented gavel. The cylinders
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  • After crossing the [[Ovens River|Ovens]], the line passes through a mile or two of low swampy land known as ...y it would have to go above the effluence of Wodonga Creek from the Murray River, and then wind round and by a sharp curve get back to Albury.
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  • ...them their wages, accompanied them to the Murray , and saw them across the river. Dooley rode one of the station horses, and had a saddle and bridle given h
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  • ...ng day by day till, in some cases, only the roof is visible. The [[Edwards River|Edwards]] has risen l0ft 9in since my last, and is now rising about 12 ½ i == At Wahgunyah the [[Murray River at Kellygang|Murray]] is falling, and we may expect an ebb here in a day or two, unless we have
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  • ...Government propose to erect a new [[Telegraph|telegraph]] line between the Murray and Deniliquin. along the railway line. The poles are to be of iron. The co ...|Rutherglen]], is appointed secretary to the [[Deniliquin|Deniliquin]] and Murray Railway Company in the room of Mr '''Foden''', whose business does not allo
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  • ...Going over the plain beyond Wangaratta, when the King River and the Ovens River, which join there, were in flood was a task that required great courage and ...te hill, the greatest inclination of which is to the north, or towards the Murray . A creek, at the entrance to the town from the Melbourne approach, forms a
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  • ...f Victoria and New South Wales, and a look at that grand inland river, the Murray, more especially as so many of our old acquaintances have migrated to those
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  • ...ds at every homestead which indicates that we are nearing the banks if the Murray, which is gaining wide respect for its vineyards and its wine. After travel ...reefs, situated about 10 miles from Wodonga, on the Victorian side of the river. As there was no conveyance running to the diggings, and my time was so sho
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  • ...le time before they get a “pass.” The inhabitants on both sides of the river are disgusted with the delay and drawback to the traffic between the two co ...travel from home. Nine o’clock next morning found me enjoying some fine Murray cod after which I made my way to Messrs '''Kyle and Hall’s''' butchery es
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