Place Names of South Australia - M

Murray River

Fishing

Nomenclature

Called Ngalta by the Aborigines; the north-east portion was first named 'The Hume' by Hamilton Hume in 1824. It now bears the name of Sir George Murray (1772-1846) (Secretary of State for the Colonies) throughout its whole length.

General Notes

Also see Place Names - Morgan
and South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Fishing.

The sale of Murray Cod in Adelaide is reported in the Observer,
1 July 1843, page 5a,
"Close Season for Cod" on
12 September 1896, page 44e,
"Cod Fishing on the Murray" in the Register,
3 August 1903, page 3f,
"Murray Cod Dying Off" in the Express,
25 June 1915, page 3e,
"Cod Scarce in Murray" in the Observer,
6 July 1929, page 44c,
"In Praise of the Murray Cod" in the Chronicle,
25 July 1935, page 51.

About three months ago a cod fish was taken on the River Murray at Mr Harris's station, about 70 miles from town. It was then served up at the market dinner and considered a great rarity and delicacy. Since then it has been caught in abundance and quantities brought in quite fresh for sale... So plentiful are the cod that the men at the station merely throw out their lines in the evening and the next morning find them full. Their average weight is from 30lbs to 40 lbs but we have seen one which weighed 57 lbs. At present they are retailed by Mr Edwards, the butcher, at from fourpence to sixpence per pound... We understand it is the intention of one or two parties at once to commence salting and drying the cod for home consumption and for exportation... If only we could pack one in ice it would be a dainty dish to set before the Queen.

The industry is discussed in the Register,
5 July 1843, page 3c,
26 April 1845, page 3a,
31 May 1845, page 2c.

A letter from Rev George Taplin of Point McLeay is in the Observer,
25 November 1865, page 2h (supp.).

"The Fish Trade with the Natives" is in the Register,
5 December 1861, page 3a.
"Fish Drying and Smoking" is in the Observer,
2 April 1870, page 7c.

Also see Register,
16 November 1865, page 2g,
Advertiser,
3, 4 and 5 May 1892, pages 6d, 6a and 6d,
2 and 11 June 1892, pages 6c and 11g,
28 October 1892, page 3f,
7 November 1892, page 6b,
Observer,
12 March 1892, page 32a,
7 and 14 May 1892, pages 24e-34a and 25a,
11 June 1892, page 33b,
Register,
4, 5 and 31 May 1892, pages 4g-5a-7a, 6c and 3g,
3 June 1892, page 7a,
20 July 1892 (supp.), page 1c,
Observer,
7 May 1892, pages 24e-34-35.

"Fishing in the Murray Waters" is in the Register,
27 January 1892, page 7c; also see
3 February 1892, page 4g.

"River Murray Fish and Their Habits" is in the Register,
20 May 1892, page 6g.

"Murray Fishery and Fishculture" is in the Advertiser,
10 July 1896, page 6b.

Also see Register,
6 July 1896, page 6d,
27 August 1896, page 7f,
24 September 1896, page 5h,
24 June 1898, page 4h,
10, 14 and 20 July 1900, pages 3h, 10g and 6g,
3, 14 and 15 August 1900, pages 4e, 7i and 6f,
3 November 1900, page 8g,
19 April 1902, page 6e,
Observer,
2 July 1898, page 16e,
11 August 1900, page 29d,
Express,
10 July 1902, page 2f,
Chronicle,
17 May 1902, page 11d,
9 August 1902, page 39a.

"Murray Fish and Their Habits" is in the Observer,
21 May 1892, page 30d,
"The River Murray Fisheries" in the Express,
24 September 1896, page 2c.

"The Murray Fisheries" is in the Advertiser,
10 July 1902, page 6h,
"Murray Fishermen and Railway Regulations" on
9 September 1904, page 11c.

"The Use of Drum Nets" is in the Register,
14 October 1903, page 6g.

"Cod Fishing on the Murray" is in the Observer,
8 August 1903, page 3c (supp.).

Also see Register,
4 August 1902, page 3i,
Chronicle,
24 October 1903, page 36b,
Advertiser,
16 September 1904, page 4g,
Observer,
6 July 1907, page 51a,
15 may 1909, page 15b,
Register,
5 April 1905, page 3i,
5 and 14 August 1905, pages 8c and 3h,
12 June 1907, page 8c,
22 and 23 May 1908, pages 5h and 7f,
30 September 1915, page 5a,
23 February 1927, page 12g,
28 January 1928, page 11f,
3 and 13 March 1928, pages 13c and 13d.

"River Fishing and Otherwise" is in the Register,
14 May 1907, page 6f.

"Carp in the Murray" is in the Register,
18 May 1907, page 5e.

"Breeding Fish for the Murray" is in the Advertiser,
22 October 1907, page 6e.

"River Murray Fish and Their Habits" is in the Register,
20 May 1892, page 6g.

The folly of the use of drum nets is discussed in the Register,
14 October 1903, page 6g and
the presence of English carp on
14 and 18 May 1907, pages 4g and 5e.

"Death of Murray Fish" is in the Advertiser,
24 July 1915, page 14g.

"Fish in the Murray - Why Are They Dying?" is in the Observer,
5 December 1929, page 11e.

Murray River
Munro Siding - Mutooroo
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Place Names

Murray River

Flooding

In talking of the flooding of the river in 1871 the Register on 25 February at page 5e said:

[The flood] has washed away the sand from these holes, exposing to view the remains of hundreds of Aborigines... It appears about 50 years ago the natives were attacked by smallpox and carried off in large numbers. The aged natives (bearing the usual marks of this disease) say they were put in the ground, old and young together, two or three in a hole, where they died without ceremony, and not fenced in the usual manner... "The Big '90 Flood" is in the Register,
18 November 1916, page 11c,
Observer,
25 November 1916, page 20d.

"The Murray in Flood" is in the Register on
14 December 1906, page 5c,
"Historian of Floods - A Veteran's Reminiscences" on
8 December 1916, page 5e,
"Historian of Floods - A Veteran's Reminiscences" on
8 December 1916, page 5e,
"A Flood of Reminiscences" on
15 December 1916, page 7c,
"The Murray Floods" in the Advertiser,
17 October 1917, page 6h.

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Munro Siding - Mutooroo
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Murray River

Irrigation

Also see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Irrigation.

An irrigation scheme is suggested in the Register of
27 May 1871, page 5f - "The wilderness would, in fact, soon literally blossom as the rose..."; also see
12 and 24 August 1871, pages 5c and 7e,
Observer,
14 November 1885, page 31,
16 January 1886, pages 24e-34,
Register,
8 and 22 January 1887, pages 4f and 4e-6a,
Chronicle,
4 June 1887, page 7a,
Register,
28 January 1903, page 6g.

"Irrigation on the Murray" is in the Register,
14 and 20 January 1886, pages 4f-6e and 4d-6a.
"Early Irrigation" is in the Register on
29 September 1919, page 5e; also see
10 February 1922, page 8c and
"The Murray Irrigation Colonies" on
14 May 1890, page 6a.

"The Utilisation of the Murray" is in the Advertiser,
6 February 1894, page 4e,
"The Murray Irrigation Colonies" on
7 May 1896, page 4f.

"The Murray Waters" is in the Advertiser,
30 July 1902, page 4d.

"Irrigation of the Murray" is in the Observer,
21 March 1903, page 11d.

Cartoons on riparian rights are in The Critic,
5 February 1898, page 3,
11 October 1902, page 16,
3 and 17 January 1903, pages 15 and 14;
"The Murray Waters - Inter-State Riparian Rights" is in the Advertiser,
13, 14 and 16 June 1904, pages 4g, 5h and 9b,
The Critic,
5 and 19 October 1904, pages 17 and 17.

"Diggers at Work - Developing the Murray Prairies" is in The Mail,
18 December 1920, page 3; also see
10 and 17 September 1921, pages 2e and 2d,
"The Great Oasis - Murray Valley Settlement" in the Observer,
27 January 1923, page 42.

Murray River
Munro Siding - Mutooroo
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Murray River

Locks and Barrages

A proposal for locking the river is discussed in the Register,
17 October 1889, page 4g; also see
26 November 1889, page 5a,
30 April 1890, page 7g,
30 July 1890, page 5h,
17 June 1901, page 5b,
1 July 1902, pages 4f-5g,
12 August 1902, page 6h,
19 March 1903, page 6b,
Advertiser,
1 December 1905, page 4b.
A sketch is in the Chronicle,
31 May 1902, page 31.

Plans to place a barrage at its mouth are traversed in the Observer,
21 February 1903, page 39,
4 April 1903, page 34a,
29 August 1903, page 43a,
3 October 1903, page 39a,
Register,
2 April 1903, page 3i,
11, 20 and 25 August 1903, pages 4e, 8c and 6h,
16 and 28 September 1903, pages 4e and 6c; also see
19, 20 and 24 September 1904, pages 6b, 3a and 9c,
20 October 1904, page 4e,
Advertiser,
30 September 1904, page 4c.

"The Murray and the Lakes" is in the Observer,
16 April 1904, page 32e.

Also see Register,
6 September 1904, page 4d,
13 and 23 June 1905, pages 5b and 4c-5b,
17 and 27 November 1905, pages 4d and 4b,
14 April 1906, page 7d,
18 April 1906, page 6c,
22 November 1906, page 6b,
6 May 1909, pages 4f-7a,
18 June 1909, page 7a,
23 February 1910, page 7c,
19, 21 and 22 March 1910, pages 14b, 9c and 5c;
Advertiser,
4 July 1910, page 12a,
Register,
26 October 1911, page 7a.

"Salt Water in the Murray" is in the Advertiser,
26 April 1912, page 8e; also see
7 June 1912, page 8d.

Also see Register,
5 June 1912, pages 12d-f and 14e,
Advertiser,
12 December 1912, page 14f,
Register,
27 August 1913, pages 12e-13b,
Advertiser,
15 November 1913, page 21a,
Register,
3 July 1914, page 6i,
2 September 1914, page 11e,
Advertiser,
4 and 7 June 1915, pages 12e and 12e,
Register,
21 April 1916, page 5a,
Register,
27 February 1919, page 6h,
8 March 1919, page 6e.

"The Mundoo Barrage" is in the Observer,
27 October 1917, page 20d.

Also see Advertiser,
27 July 1921, page 11c,
Register,
21 August 1922, page 9e,
The News,
5 October 1926, page 17a,
25 January 1930, page 4d.

"The Locking Work" is in the Register,
16 February 1927, page 11c; also see
9 March 1927, page 13f.

Information on Lock 1 at Blanchetown is in the Register,
31 May 1915, page 6d,
4 and 7 June 1915, pages 6d-h-8 and 7a-10b,
24 June 1915, page 10c.

"Four Locks Completed" is in the Observer,
1 October 1927, page 21a.

"Historic Memorials - Naming Murray Locks" is in the Advertiser,
19 October 1929, page 22g.

Also see Place Names - Lock 2.

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Munro Siding - Mutooroo
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