Report on Murray River crossings |
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| Title : | 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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| Description : |
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. |
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| 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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