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Traffic over River Murray ferries
Title : Traffic over River Murray ferries Traffic over River Murray ferries
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Creator : South Australia. Parliament
Source : Parliamentary papers, South Australia no. 68, 1867
Place Of Creation : Adelaide
Publisher : Govt Printer
Date of creation : 1858-
Additional Creator : South Australia. Parliament. Legislative Council. South Australia. Parliament. House of Assembly.
Format : Magazine
Contributor : State Library of South Australia
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The figures show the number of people, vehicles, cattle and sheep that used ferries as crossing points. Compare these statistics with the figures for 1875: Traffic returns, Wellington & Thompson's Crossings (near Swanport).

Subjects
Coverage year : 1867
Region : Riverland and Murraylands
Further reading :

Painter, Gwenda. A different river: river trade and development along the Murray Valley network. South Melbourne: Hyland House, 1993

Pretty, W. A. Ferries of the River Murray in South Australia Vale Park, S.A.: [the author], 1978

South Australia. Highways Dept Report on the River Murray ferries, January 1971 [Adelaide], 1971

 

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