MURRAY RIVER CAPTAINS' HALL OF FAME
UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND STILL A CUPLA BOATS SHORT OF A GOOD FLOTILLA
THE OBJECT OF THIS SITE IS TO PRESENT THE HISTORY OF THE MURRAY / DARLING IN A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER FROM THR FORMATION OF THE BASIN TO DATE.
1. FORMATION OF THE SYSTEM 2. EARLY HUMAN HABITATION 3. ARRIVAL OF EUROPEANS 4. HISTORY OF SETTLEMENT
5. RIVER EXPLORATION AND TRAVEL ANY ASSISTANCE IS WELCOME
MURRAY VALLEY STANDARD DEC 3rd 1981
MANY ITEMS OF INTEREST HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, AND ONE OF THE MOST HELPFUL IS A BOOK BY RONALD PARSONS ENTITLED "INLAND RIVER REVISITED". THIS BOOK IS A MUST FOR SCHOLARS OF THE MURRAY RIVER AND DETAILS ALL THE KNOWN HISTORICAL CRAFT, THEIR CAPTAINS, MANY TOWNSHIPS AND LANDINGS, INCLUDING THE COLOURFUL TALES AND YARNS TOLD BY RIVERMEN AND GLEANED THROUGH YEARS OF RESEARCH.
ANOTHER MUST READ IS ENTITLED "PEARL WALLACE, A RIVER WOMAN
