Darling river

Rowing club on the ...

Rowing club at Wilcannia on the Darling River, 1886 continue

The ancient Aboriginal fisheries ...

The ancient Aboriginal fisheries on the Barwon/Darling River, Brewarrina continue

A paddlesteamer on the ...

A paddlesteamer on the Darling River, Wentworth, 1973 continue

Bourke 1910

Paddle steamers Emma and Rita unloading chaff on Darling River at Bourke, 1910 continue

Cobar

Before settlement by agricultural farmers in the early 1800s, the Ngemba and Wongaibon Aboriginal people ... continue

Menindee

Originally inhabited by the Barkindji Aboriginal people, the fertile land of Menindee alongside the Darling ... continue

Wilcannia

The town of Wilcannia on the banks of the Darling River was once one of ... continue

Bourke

Bourke was first discovered by explorer Charles Sturt in 1828, with Sturt naming the river ... continue

Wentworth

The land located in the far south-western corner of New South Wales was inhabited by ... continue

Bourke River

Bourke is located on the south bank of the Darling River. continue

William Butler Tooth

TOOTH, WILLIAM BUTLER (1823-1876) and ATTICUS (1827-1915), pastoralists, were born at Cranbrook, Kent, England, sons ... continue

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William Nicholas Willis

WILLIS, WILLIAM NICHOLAS (1858-1922), politician, newspaper proprietor, land agent and publisher, was born on 3 ... continue

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Alexander Walker Scott

SCOTT, ALEXANDER WALKER (1800-1883), entomologist and entrepreneur, was born on 10 November 1800 in Bombay ... continue

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Frederick William Ward

WARD, FREDERICK WILLIAM (1847-1934), journalist, was born on 5 April 1847 at Taranaki, New Zealand ... continue

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Johann Ludwig Gerard Krefft

KREFFT, JOHANN LUDWIG (LOUIS) GERARD (1830-1881), zoologist, was born on 17 February 1830 in the ... continue

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Frederick Biggs

BIGGS, FREDERICK (c.1875-1961), Aboriginal bushworker and singer, was born in a lambing camp near ... continue

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John Brown Gribble

GRIBBLE, JOHN BROWN (1847-1893), missionary, was born on 1 September 1847 at Redruth, Cornwall, England ... continue

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Mona Matilda Clare

CLARE, MONA MATILDA (MONICA) (1924-1973), Aboriginal political activist and author, is said to have been ... continue

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William Henry Suttor

SUTTOR, WILLIAM HENRY (1805-1877), pastoralist and politician, was born on 12 December 1805 at Baulkham ... continue

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John Egge

John Egge (c. 1830 - 1901), by unknown photographer, c1890, courtesy of State Library of South ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography