Murray River Expedition

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On 1 st January 1862 Edward Cole and George Burnell left from this section of the river for a journey down the Murray River.

Taking photographs of Stations, Settlements, Aboriginal Communities and collecting Botanical specimens.
They rowed & drifted 1700 Kilometres for 4 months.

Edward Cole returned to Melbourne establishing the Cole Book Arcade and George Burnell to Adelaide and a photography business.
The set of stereograph photos of their trip remain the earliest of the Landscape and its people.

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