13 Facts About River Murray

Murray River is a river in Southeastern Australia.

The Murray carries only a small fraction of the water of comparably sized rivers in other parts of the world, and with a great annual variability of its flow.

Health of the River Murray has declined significantly since European settlement, particularly through regulation of its flows.

The Goulburn River Murray was dammed by the southern end of the fault to create a natural lake.

Murray River flowed to the north around the Cadell Fault, creating the channel of the Edward River which exists today and through which much of the Murray's waters still flow.

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The River Murray has not had enough flow power to naturally enlarge The Barmah Choke and The Narrows to increase the amount of water they can carry.

In 1830, Captain Charles Sturt reached the river after travelling down its tributary the Murrumbidgee River and named it the Murray River in honour of the then British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, Sir George Murray, not realising it was the same river that Hume and Hovell had encountered further upstream.

The vicinity of the River Murray Mouth was explored more thoroughly by Captain Collet Barker in 1831.

In 1858, the Government Zoologist, William Blandowski, together with Gerard Krefft, explored the lower reaches of the Murray and Darling rivers, compiling a list of birds and mammals.

Murray River has been a significant barrier to land-based travel and trade.

Many of the ports for transport of goods along the Murray have developed as places to cross the river, either by bridge or ferry.

The first bridge to cross the River Murray, which was built in 1869, is in the town of River Murray Bridge, formerly called Edwards Crossing.

The River Murray receives water from the complex dam and pipeline system of the Snowy Mountains Scheme.