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By the 1870s, Echuca had risen to prominence as Australia's largest inland port. [citation needed] Being the point of shortest distance between the Murray River and the major city of Melbourne, Echuca was both a key river port and railway junction.
Echuca Wharf in 2008. Echuca Wharf is a historic timber wharf on the Murray River at Echuca in Victoria, Australia.The simultaneous construction of the wharf and the railway line between Echuca and Melbourne in 1864 saw the Port of Echuca become the second largest port in Victoria and opened access to Melbourne ports and markets for much of the Murray-Darling basin.
This is a table of river distances of various locations along the Murray River upstream from Echuca, Victoria and Mannum, South Australia, arguably the two most important river ports in the steamboat era. Negative values indicate distances downstream.
The Moama Historic Precinct is a heritage-listed abandoned settlement location, river wharf and public space on Hunt Street, Moama, New South Wales, Australia.It includes the Echuca – Moama Bridge and the Echuca Wharf on the Victorian side of the river.
Once the railway reached Echuca in 1864, the bulk of the woolclip from the Riverina was transported via river to Echuca and then south to Melbourne. The steam paddleship Etona was launched as a mission steamer, replacing an earlier steam launch, also named Etona , which had been operating on the Murray since 1891.
The Deniliquin railway line (also known as the Bendigo railway line or the Echuca railway line) is a broad-gauge railway line serving north-western Victoria, Australia.The line runs from the New South Wales town of Deniliquin into Bendigo, before turning south-south-east towards Melbourne, terminating in Docklands near the central business district.
Moama (/ m oʊ ɑː m ə / or / m oʊ æ m ə / [2]) is a town in the Murray region of southern New South Wales, Australia, in the Murray River Council local government area.The town is directly across the Murray River from the larger town of Echuca in the neighbouring state of Victoria, to which it is connected by a bridge.
Northern Highway is a rural highway in northern Victoria, linking Echuca on the banks of the Murray River with Beveridge a short distance north of the northern suburban fringes of Melbourne. [5] In conjunction with McIvor Highway, it provides an important link between Melbourne and Bendigo. It forms a significant freight route providing access ...