Ted Egan presents this look at the history of transport on Australia's largest river. In 1853 the South Australian government saw that the Murray could be an inland highway and offered a reward of 2,000 pounds for the first person to take a steamboat to the junction of the Murray and Darling rivers. For years the river trade flourished and railways were constructed to the river from Melbourne and Adelaide to collect the valuable wool cargo and transport it to the rest of the world. Today, most traffic on the river is recreational, from houseboats to historic paddleboats offering cruises to tourists.
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