#murray river

[peninsulaite]

the river has forgotten more then you’ll ever remember

[huariqueje]

Murray River - Karen Brock , 2025

Australian , b. ?

Watercolour

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There are three boats in this picture.

Taken at Renmark, on my travels

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River Colour Picked

Hey There! I'm creating colour palettes by hand picking colours from pictures and asking people to vote on their favourite colour! Feel free to request what you want next

Original picture is below the cut

What Colour is your Fav

River Reflection Pink

Bankside Gumtree Green

River Bank Brown

Sunrise Yellow

Voting ended onMay 31

[daisywithnomakeup]

Bendigo Easter Long Weekend - Murray River

Continuation of my previous post. Down at Echuca, day 2 of volunteering, 2023. Little fun fact: The Murray River is the only river in the world that has its own flag. I got to volunteer on PS Pevensey which starred as PS Philadelphia in the Aussie miniseries "All the Rivers Run". More history on the Pevensey under the cut.

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Arvo Cruise with Dexter #dog #dogs #boatdog #riverlife #murrayriver #sou...

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Believed to be the earliest known photograph of canoe building in Australia, Murray River, 1862.

The process involved removing a large slab of bark from a tree which is then laid on the ground and propped up all around its edge with sticks.

Stones and chunks of wood were placed in the middle of the slab of bark to weigh it down in the middle to give it shape. A fire is then lit under and on top of the bark to heat the sap and to make the bark pliable while the canoe is further manipulated into its desired shape then left to dry.

Photo by George Burnell.

PROVENANCE OF IMAGE:

George Burnell was living in Castlemaine, Victoria. He failed at gold-digging and was working in a hay and corn store in 1861 when he purchased a complete photographic outfit. Burnell’s friend E.W. Cole suggested that they set up a photography business together. Burnell and Cole bought a horse and cart, painted a sign which read 'Cole & Burnell, photographic artists, views & likenesses taken’, and set out to become travelling photographers. Burnell took the photographs, Cole processed them.

By Christmas 1861 they had reached Echuca on the Murray River. Burnell proposed travelling down the river to Adelaide, where he intended to open a photographic studio. They bought a flat-bottomed boat, refitted it, and spent the first four months of 1862 rowing and drifting the length of the river, taking views en route.

On 2 May 1862 they reached Point McLeay with a complete set of sixty albumen silver stereoscopic views of the River Murray (1862) which is held at the Art Galley of South Australia. Source: https://bit.ly/3ElFWoL

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Some say that the Whowie was ultimately killed by the tribes after it had been forced out in its weakened state. Others believe that it managed to drag itself back into its cave where its weak breath can continue to be heard as it continues to approach its eventual death.