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Report on Murray River crossings
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Creator : South Australia. Parliament
Source : Parliamentary papers, South Australia no. 148, 1864
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 summary only of the report is given here, in which the Committee outlines the difficulties associated with the ferry crossing at Wellington, and the advantages, including financial benefits, to be had with a permanent bridge. That first bridge, at Murray Bridge, was not built until 1879.

Subjects
Coverage year : 1864
Region : Riverland and Murraylands
Further reading :

Across the mighty Murray : Murray Bridge [Murray Bridge, S. Aust.]: Murray Bridge and District Historical Society, 1988 

St. Clair-Johnson, C. Murray Bridge Kent Town, S. Aust.: Heritage Unit, Department for the Environment, [1980]

Jones, H. W. Bridge centenary Adelaide : Highways Dept., 1979

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

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