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Crossing place at Wellington
Title : Crossing place at Wellington Crossing place at Wellington
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Source : The South Australian register 27 June 1846
Place Of Creation : Adelaide
Publisher : Robert Thomas & Co.
Date of creation : 1839-1900
Format : Newspaper
Contributor : State Library of South Australia
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Description :

The Bell Brothers announce that their ferry at Wellington has begun operating. This was a privately operated ferry, which the government took over several years later. A ferry still operates at Wellington. 

Subjects
Coverage year : 1846
Period : 1836-1851
Place : Wellington
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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