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Stony Crossing, New South Wales
Stony Crossing is a locality in the south western part of the Riverina on the south bank of the Wakool River. By road, it is about south east from Kyalite and north west from Swan Hill. The Stony Crossing railway line from Kerang, Victoria reached Stony Crossing in March 1928, after the Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray; Ngarrindjeri language, Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta language, Yorta Yorta: ''Dhungala'' or ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is List of rivers of Australia, Aust ... at Gonn Crossing. Initially, there were three trains per week to Murrabit, with one continuing on to Stony Crossing. Services were suspended between Murrabit and Stony Crossing in 1943. The Stony Crossing station nameboard was relocated to the North Williamstown Railway Museum. Stony Crossing Post Office opened on 16 October 1890 and closed in 1956. Notes and references Towns in the Riverina Towns in New Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakool County, New South Wales
Wakool County is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. The main geographic feature of the county is the Wakool River. The county contains the towns of Barham, Moulamein, Wakool and Kyalite. The name Wakool is believed to be derived from a local Aboriginal word. Parishes within this county A full list of parishes found within this county; their current LGA LaGuardia Airport ( ) – colloquially known as LaGuardia or simply LGA – is a civil airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, situated on the northwestern shore of Long Island, bordering Flushing Bay. Covering , the facility wa ... and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows: References {{reflist Counties of New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Murray
Murray (The Murray until 1910) is an electoral district in the Australian state of New South Wales. Murray is a regional electorate lying in the southwestern corner of the state. It encompasses several local government areas, namely Wentworth Shire, Balranald Shire, Carrathool Shire, the City of Griffith, Leeton Shire, Hay Shire, Murrumbidgee Shire, Murray River Council, Edward River Council and Berrigan Shire. History Murray was a single-member electorate from 1859 to 1880, returning two members from 1880 to 1894, returning to a single member electorate from 1894 to 1920. The district created in 1859 included the districts surrounding the towns of Deniliquin, Moama and Moulamein. It was substantially re-created in 1904 as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90. The member for The Murray from 1894 to 1904 was James Hayes who was appointed to the Legislative Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Farrer
The Division of Farrer is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by Leader of the Opposition (Australia), Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, Leader of the Liberal Party Sussan Ley. It includes the cities of Albury, New South Wales, Albury and Griffith, New South Wales, Griffith. Prior to 2016, it also included the city of Broken Hill. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. The division is located in the far south-western area of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyalite, New South Wales
Kyalite is a locality on the Wakool River in the Riverina district of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is part of Balranald Shire and is approximately south west of the state capital Sydney and north west of Melbourne. Kyalite was formerly known as Wakool Crossing. At the Census in Australia#2021, 2021 census, Kyalite had a population of 87. History Kyalite lies within the traditional country of the Mathi Mathi people, Muthi Muthi Aboriginal people. Wakool Crossing The village of Wakool Crossing (the site of present-day Kyalite) was founded by Henry Talbett, who in about 1848 established a punt service across the Wakool River at the location. When he became established Talbett brought out his family from Ireland, including his parents and siblings. His brother John came to Wakool Crossing with his family and assisted Henry Talbett to construct an inn and a general store on land Henry had purchased near his punt. The punt was operated by Harry and Agnes Edwards. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan Hill, Victoria
Swan Hill is a List of cities in Australia, city in the northwest of Victoria, Australia on the Murray Valley Highway and on the south bank of the Murray River, downstream from the junction of the Loddon River, Victoria, Loddon River. At the , Swan Hill had a population of 11,508. History The area was given its current name by explorer Thomas Mitchell (explorer), Thomas Mitchell, while camping beside a hill on 21 June 1836. The European community grew up around a punt (boat), punt river crossing, which was established as early as 1846. This crossing serviced the growing agricultural area, and was the only river crossing for 100 km. The Post Office opened here on 1 February 1849. In 1853 Francis Cadell (explorer), Francis Cadell navigated the Murray river from its mouth in South Australia to Swan Hill in his paddle steamer, Lady Augusta. He arrived on 17 September 1853, narrowly beating William Randell of Mannum, who arrived 4 hours later in the PS Mary Ann. This demons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverina
The Riverina () is an agricultural list of regions in Australia, region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, a climate with significant seasonal variation and an ample supply of water for irrigation. This combination has allowed the Riverina to develop into one of the most productive and agriculturally diverse areas of Australia. Bordered on the south by the state of Victoria, Australia, Victoria and on the east by the Great Dividing Range, the Riverina covers those areas of New South Wales in the Murray River, Murray and Murrumbidgee River, Murrumbidgee drainage zones to their confluence in the west. Home to Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal groups including the Wiradjuri people for over 40,000 years, the Riverina was colonised by European ethnic groups, Europeans in the mid-19th century as a grazing, pastoral region providing beef and wool to markets in Australia and beyond. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakool River
Wakool River, an anabranch of the Edward River that is part of the Murray River catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the western Riverina region of south western New South Wales, Australia. The Wakool River splits from the Edward River (itself an anabranch of the Murray) near Deniliquin, and flows generally to the west, southwest, northwest, and then west, joined by eleven minor tributaries, including the Niemur River. The Wakool is rejoined by the Edward River near Kyalite, not far from where it runs back into the main channel of the Murray, at Wakool Junction; dropping over the course of its length. See also * Rivers of New South Wales This page discusses the rivers and hydrography of the state of New South Wales, Australia. The principal topographic feature of New South Wales is the series of low highlands and plateaus called the Great Dividing Range, which extend from nor ... * Gee Gee Bridge over Wakool River References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stony Crossing Railway Line
The railway to Stony Crossing, New South Wales, was sanctioned as part of the Border Railways Act 1922. It was often referred to as the Gonn Crossing to Stony Crossing railway, although it originated at Kerang, Victoria and served Murrabit, before running into New South Wales at Gonn Crossing on the Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray; Ngarrindjeri language, Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta language, Yorta Yorta: ''Dhungala'' or ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is List of rivers of Australia, Aust .... The first section to Murrabit was opened in December 1924. The combined rail/road bridge at Gonn Crossing was opened on 1 July 1926, and the complete railway to Stony Crossing was opened on 16 March 1928. Initially, there were three trains per week to Murrabit, with one continuing to Stony Crossing. Services were suspended between Murrabit and Stony Crossing in 1943. On 20 April 1961, a steam locomotive had an acci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerang
Kerang is a town on the Loddon River in north-central Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It is the commercial centre to an irrigation district based on livestock, horticulture, cytisus proliferus, lucerne and grain. It is located north-west of Melbourne on the Murray Valley Highway a few kilometres north of its intersection with the Loddon Valley Highway, elevation . At the , Kerang had a population of 3,960. ''Kerang'' is believed to be an Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal word for Cockatoo. It is home to Australia's largest solar and battery farm, which was opened in June 2019. The 50-megawatt battery system is located outside of Kerang and stores 100 per cent renewable energy. The 2,000 solar panels have become a tourist attraction and are drawing many businesses to the town. History The Wemba-Wemba and Barapa Barapa Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal people are the original owners and the area's first occupants. Thomas Mitchell (explorer), Thomas Mitchell was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray River
The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray; Ngarrindjeri language, Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta language, Yorta Yorta: ''Dhungala'' or ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is List of rivers of Australia, Australia's longest river at extent. Its Tributary, tributaries include five of the next six longest rivers of Australia (the Murrumbidgee River, Murrumbidgee, Darling River, Darling, Lachlan River, Lachlan, Warrego River, Warrego and Paroo Rivers). Together with that of the Murray, the catchments of these rivers form the Murray–Darling basin, which covers about one-seventh the area of Australia. It is widely considered Australia's most important irrigated region. The Murray rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains, then meanders northwest across Australia's inland plains, forming the border between the States and territories of Australia, states of New South Wales and Victoria (Australia), Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murrabit, Victoria
Murrabit ( ) is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. It is on the Murray River, from the state capital, Melbourne and from Swan Hill. Murrabit is in the Shire of Gannawarra local government area and at the , Murrabit and the surrounding area had a population of 201, declining from 330 just five years earlier. The township was established in 1925 as a railway station on the Kerang-Stony Crossing rail line. In accordance with the legislation authorising the railway, the town had to be no closer than from the Victoria-New South Wales border. The railway crossed the Murray River into New South Wales via an historic bridge at Gonn Crossing, just north of the town. The lift-span bridge was opened in 1926 and was used for both rail and road traffic until 1964, but became road only when the railway was closed. A Murrabit Post Office opened on 2 March 1880, but was renamed Murrabit West in 1924 when a new Murrabit post office opened near the railway station. Murrabit is a majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
