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A World That Was: The Yaraldi of the Murray River and the Lakes, South Australia. Vancouver, Canada: UBC Press. ISBN 0-7748-0478-5. Jennings, J.T. (2009). Natural History of the Riverland and Murraylands. Adelaide: Royal Society of South Australia. ISBN 978-0-9596627-9-5. Online audio and other "Murray River catchment (NSW)" (map).
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The Murray–Darling Basin is a large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia, encompassing the drainage basin of the tributaries of the Murray River, Australia's longest river, and the Darling River, a right tributary of the Murray and Australia's third-longest river.
The Murray River is a river in Far North Queensland. It extends for a length of 70 kilometres (43 mi) and drops 297 metres (974 ft) in height from its source in the mountains of Girringun National Park to its mouth on the Queensland coast. It is named after John Murray, who was an officer in the paramilitary Native Police force. [3]
The Murray River is a river in the southwest of Western Australia. It played a significant part in the expansion of settlement in the area south of Perth after the arrival of British settlers at the Swan River Colony in 1829. It should not be confused with the Murray River in southeastern Australia, which is the longest river in the country.
Longest rivers in Australia by length (September 2008) Order River name System Length Source km miles 1 Murray River: Murray-Darling: 2,375 1,476 [1] 2 Murrumbidgee River: Murray-Darling: 1,485 923 3 Darling River: Murray-Darling: 1,472 915 4 Lachlan River: Murray-Darling: 1,448 900 5 Warrego River: Murray-Darling: 1,380 857 6 Cooper Creek ...
The Murrumbidgee River (/ m ʌr ə m ˈ b ɪ dʒ i / [6]) is a major tributary of the Murray River within the Murray–Darling basin and the second longest river in Australia.It flows through the Australian state of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, descending 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) over 1,485 kilometres (923 mi), [2] generally in a west-northwesterly direction from the ...
The Murray River in south-eastern Australia has been a significant barrier to land-based travel and trade. This article lists and briefly describes all of the recognised crossing points. Many of these had also developed as river ports for transport of goods along the Murray.