Ferry traffic returns |
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| Title : | Ferry traffic returns |
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| Creator : | South Australia. Parliament | ||
| Source : | Parliamentary papers, South Australia no. 127, 1875 | ||
| 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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| Description : |
The figures for the Wellington ferry for the two years 1873-75 were over 29000 passengers, 2907 vehicles and over 100,000 head of sheep and cattle. Mr Ashwin of the Central Road Board provides a report on the ferry crossing at Wellington which was considered unsatisfactory and expensive to run. Wellington ferry still operates in 2010. |
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| Coverage year : | 1875 |
| Region : | Riverland and Murraylands |
| Further reading : | Turner, Robert Sand on the roof: the story of Wellington on Murray. Wellington [S. Aust.]: Wellington Progress Association, 1984 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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