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| TITLE | Images of the River Murray mouth, 1949-2003 |
| CREATOR | South Australia. Dept. for Environment and Heritage |
| DATE | 2004 |
| PLACE OF CREATION; PUBLISHER |
Netley: Dept. for Environment and Heritage |
| FORMAT | Digital files |
| LOCATION | State Library of South Australia |
| DESCRIPTION | Snapshots in time – slide show of images of the River Murray mouth featuring aerial photography and satellite imagery taken from 1949 to 2003. The dates of these images are 1949, 1957, 1966, 1973, 1981, 1988, 1995, 2001 and 2003. This slide show illustrates the dynamic nature of the Murray mouth area. Changes shown include the migration of the mouth westward along the coast, the growth of Bird Island, and variations in the width of the mouth - with the inlet completely choked by sand in 1981 and severely constricted in 2003. These images have been sourced from Mapland, Department of Environment and Heritage, and formatted and geo-positioned (by South Australian company Eye in the Sky Imagery) to provide a comparison of the same area of the Murray mouth 1949-2003. However, blank areas (shown as solid black) will appear at the edges of some images. |
| RIGHTS AND REPRODUCTION | These items are reproduced courtesy of the Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australia. They may be printed or saved for personal research or study. Use for any other purpose requires written permission from the Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH), South Australia and the State Library of South Australia. Further information may be found at DEH Land and maps: copyright and Permission to publish |
| FURTHER READING | John Botting and Associates Murray Mouth project: effect of river flows on migration of the Murray Mouth. [Adelaide]: Murray-Darling Basin Commission, 1990 The Murray mouth: exploring the implications of closure or restricted flow. Adelaide : Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation, 2002 South Australia. Murray Mouth Advisory Committee Investigations into the behaviour of the mouth of the River Murray, progress report no. 1. [Adelaide]: The Committee, [1983] Walker, David J. “The role of river flows in the behaviour of the Murray mouth.” South Australian Geographical Journal. 1990, 90: 50-65. Bourman, Bob & Harvey, Nick. “The Murray mouth flood tidal delta.” Australian geographer. 1983, 15: 403-406 Bourman, Robert P. & Barnett, Elizabeth J. “Impacts of river regulation on the terminal lakes and mouth of the River Murray, South Australia.” Australian geographical studies. April 1995, 33 (1): 101-115. |
| LINKS | Reilly, Peter J. Murray River heritage – Murray mouth. SAWater. River Murray Operations Unit Murray mouth animation, 1980-1997. [under construction] Walker, D. J. The behaviour and future of the River Murray mouth. Adelaide: Centre for Applied Modelling in Water Engineering, University of Adelaide, 2002. Available online at Murray-Darling Basin Commission see: The Living Murray initiative - website Walker, D.J & Jessup, A. “Analysis of the dynamic aspects of the River Murray mouth, South Australia.” Journal of Coast Research, Winter 1992, 8 (1): 71-76. Available online at Murray-Darling Basin Commission see: The Living Murray initiative – website. |