Holiday Homes, Victoria Park, Echuca, 1950
Holiday Homes, Victoria Park, Echuca, 1950
At the intersection of the Murray and Campaspe Rivers, Echuca became the largest inland river port in Australia, the Murray-Darling system allowing wool to be shipped from New South Wales to Victoria. With the opening of the rail link to Bendigo in 1864, Echuca had direct access to both the Melbourne market and the export trade of wool from Melbourne to Britain. Between 1865 and 1867 a huge wooden wharf took shape, 10 metres high, to cope with tidal change, and 75 metres long. By 1884 it had grown to 332 metres in length.
Holiday Homes, Victoria Park, Echuca, 1950
Defence Force Ball Bearing Factory, Echuca, 1950
Log Buggy at Hopwood's Bridge Hotel (1858), 1968
Humes, Echuca, 1961
Hare Street, looking south, Echuca, 1907
High Street, Echuca, 1955
Echuca
Caledonian Hotel, Hare Street, Echuca, 1950
Echuca Sale Yards, Echuca, 1950
Echuca Regional Library and Kindergarten, located in the former Town Hall building, 1968
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