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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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  • ...sent position in a half circle, so the town in bordered on one side by the river and on the other with fine rising ground reaching for several miles, rind r
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  • ...give general satisfaction. The buildings are situated near the bank of the Murray, and of about the same extent as our [[Alexandra|Lion Brewery]]. We then ca ...go alongside, and they generally had to use the natural landing stage, the river bank. But these are now things of the past. You can see grass growing on th
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  • ...River in honor of Hamilton Hume Esq, to commemorate the discovery of this river the 17th of November 1824."
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  • ...t its railway system to Wodonga on the southern bank of the dividing River Murray, It now remains for the Government and Parliament of New South Wales to pus
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  • ...fter four o'clock one of the travellers at the [[Moama|Moama]] side of the river, fifty feet from the ground, upon which seven men were working, suddenly fe William Godfrey, one of the men injured at the Murray-bridge, died before he reached, the Sandhurst Hospital. The lives of two or
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  • ...ss the desperadoes succeed in stealing other animals after crossing of the Murray, which they have probably forded by at this time, their chance of escape wi
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  • ...posite Howlong, and are supposed to be waiting an opportunity to cross the river. ...rd Kelly and his band of Marauders had taken Kennedy with them to the King River, scarcely anybody ventured to do more than hope that the gallant officer, w
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  • ...armers whose holdings are situated near the Bungowanah Punt, on the Murray River . Adjoining their lands is a farm belonging to Neil Christian, but although ...terday to the effect that the gang had bailed up a puntman and crossed the river. If this statement is correct and the other report authentic, the punt refe
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  • '''KELLYGANG ON THE MURRAY''' ...n the track which Kelly would be likely to follow if he wanted to make the Murray; but all reports of this sort, even when circumstantially related, have to
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  • ...armed, and they demanded provisions. They threatened to throw him into the river if he did not get what they wanted. He was detained for three hours, and wa ...ler townships, which, it was thought, might be stuck up, and to patrol the Murray . The authorities adopted the plan of securing all the mounted men who had
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