Certified to be a true copy. B.T. Finniss. Depy. Surveyor General. 4th Jany. 1841. Inscribed with "Standidge & Co., Litho. London" on lower right corner of map.

Goolwa is an historic river port on the River Murray near the Murray Mouth in South Australia. It is joined by a bridge to Hindmarsh Island. The name "Goolwa" means "elbow" in Ngarrindjeri, the local Aboriginal language.

Before 1838, the Encounter Bay region and Goolwa were considered briefly as a possible site for the capital of South Australia. However the dangerous waters of the Murray Mouth for shipping made it unsuitable as a major port. Goolwa was Australia's first inland port (1857). Australia's first railway was built to connect Goolwa to Port Elliot and later extended to Victor Harbor, allowing goods to move from river boats to sea boats, so that neither had to negotiate the Murray Mouth. The spread of railways to inland Australia put an end to the river trade and Goolwa's importance as a port. In the 1970s the paddle boat Murray River Queen was built in a dry dock on Hindmarsh Island. For many years the Murray River Queen was based at Goolwa and made week-long trips up the river. It is now based at Waikerie as a floating hotel, making afternoon and dinner cruises in the Riverland.

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