Did you know…?

Find out about the people, places, achievements and events of the River Murray in South Australia

• Canoe trees
• Captain Sturt’s cannon
• South Australian capital city
• Bushrangers at Overland Corner
• Race to open the River Murray to steam navigation
• River Murray Flag
• Navigation of the Murray Mouth
• Figurehead of the Mozambique
• First female captain
• First public railway in Australia
• Little Scotland
• First community hotel in the British Empire
• First irrigation settlement in Australia
• Shearer car
• Humphrey pump
• David Unaipon
• ‘The Cods’ at the 1924 Paris Olympics
• Porpoises in the Murray
• Internment during World War II
• Largest wine producing region in Australia