Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. and Borneo Malaya, Village entry fees apply. fees entry Village Sturt Hwy, Kingston on Murray. on Kingston Hwy, Sturt

I and II as well as Korea, Korea, as well as II and I Loxton. Drive, Hosking len Al Village, The River and backwaters. backwaters. and River

lost their lives in World Wars Wars World in lives their lost January 1957. Loxton river levels rose by 7.42m. 7.42m. by rose levels river Loxton 1957. January scenic views of the Murray Murray the of views scenic

remember the soldiers who who soldiers the remember Murray rose by a mammoth height in between May 1956 and and 1956 May between in height mammoth a by rose Murray marks the spot offers good good offers spot the marks

precinct, was built to to built was precinct, the destructio the n and heart break left as the waters of the River River the of waters the as left break heart and n of 1830. The lookout that that lookout The 1830. of

of Loxton’s vibrant shopping shopping vibrant Loxton’s of collection of photograph of collection s from all over the showing showing Riverland the over all from s expedition expedition River Murray

The Rotunda in the centre centre the in Rotunda The Located within The Vill The within Located age, Loxton. View the amazing amazing the View Loxton. age, Sturt passed here on his his on here passed Sturt

explorers, Captain Charles Charles Captain explorers, EAST TERRACE, LOXTON TERRACE, EAST 1956 MURRAY RIVER FLOOD EXHIBITION EXHIBITION FLOOD RIVER MURRAY 1956

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ing Drive, Loxton. Drive, ing Hosk Allen Loxton. Village, The of boundary Open Tuesday—Sunday 11am to 3pm (Closed Christmas Day Day Christmas (Closed 3pm to 11am Tuesday—Sunday Open

every Sunday afternoon at 2pm for guided tours. tours. guided for 2pm at afternoon Sunday every

Located on the exterior exterior the on Located they shopped and banked, and the school their children attended. attended. children their school the and banked, and shopped they

is proudly maintained by enthusiastic volunteers and is open open is and volunteers enthusiastic by maintained proudly is

buildings and exhibits in The Village. See how they lived, where where lived, they how See Village. The in exhibits and buildings Pepper Tree stands. stands. Tree Pepper

the lifestyle of one of Loxton’s pioneering families. ‘The Pines’ Pines’ ‘The families. pioneering Loxton’s of one of lifestyle the

of the early settlers and their families are depicted in over 45 45 over in depicted are families their and settlers early the of proximity to where the the where to proximity

gardens, the contents of the house represent a snapshot of of snapshot a represent house the of contents the gardens,

were transformed into lush citrus orchards. The everyday lives lives everyday The orchards. citrus lush into transformed were occupied a hut in close close in hut a occupied

Mrs Ella Kingdon. Sited on 2,000 square metres of beautiful beautiful of metres square 2,000 on Sited Kingdon. Ella Mrs

and how dry Mallee plains plains Mallee dry how and Charles Loxton who who Loxton Charles

purposes by former owner, owner, former by purposes

drought and rabbit plagues plagues rabbit and drought its connection to William William to connection its

display and entertainment entertainment and display

how farmers battled heat, heat, battled farmers how Pepper Tree. Renown for for Renown Tree. Pepper

to the people of Loxton for for Loxton of people the to

during the mid-1800s. See See mid-1800s. the during regarding the famous famous the regarding

contents were bequeathed bequeathed were contents

families arrived in the region region the in arrived families any stories stories any m are There

sandstone villa and its its and villa sandstone

when the first pioneering pioneering first the when

LOXTON’S PEPPER TREE PEPPER LOXTON’S

this historic historic this 1909, in Built

behind and travel back to to back travel and behind

AND GARDENS AND Leave the 21st century century 21st the Leave Loxton.

Lions Park, Grant Schubert Dr, Dr, Schubert Grant Park, Lions THE VILLAGE, LOXTON VILLAGE, THE HOUSE HISTORIC PINES’ ‘THE of the Murray River system. system. River Murray the of

understand the cycles and impact impact and cycles the understand

river red gum, you can begin to to begin can you gum, red river

SOUTH AUSTRALIA SOUTH the trunk of this magnificent old old magnificent this of trunk the

studying the high river levels on on levels river high the studying

RIVERLAND THE

high river can affect this region. By By region. this affect can river high

View at a glance how severely a a severely how glance a at View

TREE OF KNOWLEDGE KNOWLEDGE OF TREE

sitor Information Centre | Ph: 8584 8071. 8071. 8584 Ph: | Centre Information sitor Vi Loxton

of East Terrace, Loxton overlooks the river and town wharf. wharf. town and river the overlooks Loxton Terrace, East of

large memorial at the end end the at memorial large

River exploration. This This exploration. River

1830 during their Murray Murray their during 1830

this point on January 30th 30th January on point this

27 foot whale boat past past boat whale foot 27

heroic crew rowed their their rowed crew heroic

Captain Sturt and his his and Sturt Captain STURT MEMORIAL AND LOOKOUT LOOKOUT AND MEMORIAL STURT

OLIVEWOOD HISTORIC Discover the Riverland’s HOMESTEAD AND MUSEUM Irrigation was pioneered at Renmark historical sites by the Chaffey Bros. in 1887. RIVERLAND Olivewood Estate is comprised of LOXTON / orange orchards, olive groves and four museum buildings, one of which LOVEDAY • The Village is the native pine log cabin style Self Drive • 1956 Flood Exhibition • Lake Bonney home of Charles Chaffey and family • “The Pines” • Napper’s Bridge completed in 1889. View horse drawn Loxton’s Historic and Ruins vehicles and implements, large collection of photos and plant House and Garden associated with the fruit industry. Morning and afternoon tea History Tour • Barmera War by arrangement. • Loxton’s Pepper Tree Memorial Open Thursday - Monday 10am-4pm. • East Terrace, Loxton • Barmera Town Clock Ph: 8586 6175 | Email: [email protected] • Sturt Memorial • Loveday Internment & Lookout Camp PARINGA BRIDGE • Tree of Knowledge • The Bluebird Opened in January 1927 & allowing Monument the passage of river boats. Designed for MORGAN • Barmera Heritage both road and rail traffc, the historic • Morgan Museum Walk lift-span bridge and associated railway have played an important role OVERLAND RENMARK in facilitating local communications in the area in times of flooding. CORNER • Argo Barge • Hotel • P.S. Industry • Olivewood Historic KINGSTON ON Homestead & Disclaimer: Created by The Village, Loxton. Information MURRAY Museum in this brochure is a guide only & was considered by The • Kingston Bridge • Renmark Paringa Village to be correct at the time of publication, February Community Museum 2017. Details and services are subject to change without Lookout notice. Entry fees may apply at some venues. Please contact • Paringa Bridge individual venues for opening times, fees and information. WAIKERIE • Waikerie RSL BERRI & War Museum • History Walk of Berri • Waikerie Pioneer Museum • Waikerie Heritage Walk • Cobdogla Steam & • Waikerie Toy Museum Irrigation Museum Come on, discover the • Waikerie Machinery Loxton Visitor Information Centre Museum www.visitloxton.com.au Riverland’s vibrant history! MORGAN MUSEUM about two million being BARMERA HERITAGE WALK suffciently cured that Take a walk around Morgan, This walk is approximately 4.5km long and includes a they would return to duty. a town rich in river history. stroll through the foundations of Barmera discovering the Horses were heavily used Founded in 1878, Morgan struggles and triumphs of the towns early settlers. in World War I and were was one of the busiest inland involved in the war’s frst Available at the Barmera Visitor Information Centre. waterway ports. The Morgan military conflict involving Ph: 8588 2289 | www.barmeratourism.com.au Museum comprises three separate buildings flled with items of Great Britain. A Memorial memorabilia. Superb horse drawn and vintage vehicles are on to commemorate the work of the Australian War Horses is COBDOGLA IRRIGATION AND display along with the old telephone exchange, a school room placed in the gardens at the top of Barwell Ave. STEAM MUSEUM and farmhouse kitchen. Railway Terrace, Morgan. Barmera Visitor Information Centre, Barwell Avenue, Barmera. A site littered with history Contact the Morgan Information and Resource Centre for Ph: 8588 2289 | www.barmeratourism.com.au and heritage, the museum more information. Fourth Street Morgan | Ph: 8540 2643 features a Humphrey Pump. WAIKERIE RSL CLUB AND WAR MUSEUM LAKE BONNEY With the focus being on Lake Bonney, a natural early irrigation history and The museum is housed within the premises of the Waikerie fresh water lake fed from steam powered engineering RSL sub branch containing many items relating to local South the River Murray via principles. There is also a 1908 Bagnall Steam Train offering Australians who fought in both World War I and II as well Chambers Creek, was frst rides through the extensive landscaped grounds on open days. as the Vietnam War. Collections include uniforms, frearms, seen by Europeans in 1838 by and his fellow Incorporated are dioramas depicting the regions development medals, photographs and other wartime memorabilia. There is , , while herding some 300 cattle along from pre-white settlement through the early years. Tours and also a library of books, videos and tapes available for loan and the banks of the Murray from Howlong near Albury, to the diesel train rides can be arranged. a bar for refreshments. recently established settlement of . Following the www.cobdoglasteammuseum.com.au | Ph: 0403 036 949 Open Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri 2pm – 6pm and other times discovery Lake Bonney became a sought after destination as by arrangement. 10 Thompson Street, Waikerie. the Overlanders, whilst using “Stoney Pinch Track”, stopped HISTORIC OVERLAND CORNER HOTEL Ph: 8541 3988 | Email: [email protected] to water stock en route between Ral Ral and Wentworth. The Situated beside the Murray Lake has a surface area of 1,687 hectares, holds approximately River this hotel has survived WAIKERIE HERITAGE WALK 59,000 mega litres and is up to 8 metres at its deepest point. floods and ruin. This local Take in the history with this town walk, featuring the original Barmera Visitor Information Centre. icon was originally built in Town Institute and Horse Trough. Ph: 8588 2289 | www.barmeratourism.com.au 1859 by the Brand Brothers. Available from the Waikerie District Visitor Information Centre Book in for guided tours of Strangman RD, Waikerie | Ph: 8541 0708 BARMERA TOWN CLOCK the hotel at 11am daily The Clock Tower is a when open, $10pp. Enjoy the free campsites and 24hr toilet WAIKERIE PIONEER MUSEUM memorial to Captain Charles facility around the Hotel. Incorporates a museum relating back to the days of the Overlanders. Learn the stories behind the The National Trust’s Pioneer Sturt who camped on the ghosts of Overland Corner. Museum nestled amongst shores of Lake Bonney from a lovely grove of native 30th of August until the 3rd Open for lunch Tuesday - Sunday from 12noon, pines in Doris Odgers Park. of September 1844, during Dinner Friday - Saturday from 6pm-8pm. Located 5km from the town his overland search for the Other evenings by appointment. centre off Virgo Road it is inland­ sea. The tower was built on the centenary of his visit. 205 Old Coach Road, Overland Corner. surrounded by the very fruit Ph: 8588 7021 | www.overlandcornerhotel.com.au blocks that are the reason for Waikerie’s existence. The Pioneer LOVEDAY INTERNMENT CAMP Museum houses clothing, household items, furniture, tools and In 1939 when England HISTORY WALK OF BERRI machinery that reflect the everyday lifestyle of the early pioneers declared war on Germany, “STEP BACK IN TIME IN BERRI” of the district. Browse through the museum exhibits then take Australia joined the other This walk features: a short stroll through the pines to the Hill Top Viewing Area. The Commonwealth countries • A Special Place for Jimmy James Museum hosts regular open days and is open to individuals, in sending armed forces to • Berri Bridge Mural tours and groups by arrangement (minimum donation applies). the aid of King and Country. • Berri Ferry Landing 297 Virgo Road, Waikerie. When Italy joined the AXIS, • Post World War II Veterans Memorial For bookings contact Mike & Joy Perry Ph: 8541 2260 German and Italian civilians • Captain & River Boat Trail throughout the UK were Available from the Berri Visitor Information Centre. WAIKERIE TOY MUSEUM arrested for security purposes, and with invasion of Great Riverview Drive, Berri. Ph: 8582 5511 Britain imminent, they were shipped to Canada and Australia View toys dating back to where they were incarcerated with their fellow country men. RENMARK PARINGA COMMUNITY MUSEUM the early 1900s. Dolls, tin, After Japan entered the war, Japanese civilians were detained Old time farm machinery, dinky, lesney, and collectable across Australia and throughout the Pacifc. Approximately come and see the implements toys. Tricycles and scooters 2,000 Japanese men were interned at Camp 14 at Loveday. of yesteryear, bringing history available for use by children They joined the Germans and Italians already behind wire back to life. The museum as well as a sand pit and in Camps 9 and 10. It was the largest group of internment is available for use by the Tonka toys. Something of camps in Australia, and was designed to hold 6,000 internees, community for picnics and interest for all ages. Gold coin donations appreciated. while over 1500 army personnel were based there. Group BBQs. Spend a little time here, you will be glad that you did. Open by appointment only Commandant Lt Col Dean introduced the payment of one 89 Holder Top Road, Waikerie | Ph: 0429 990 336 shilling a day to any internees who were prepared to work, and Open: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 9am - 2pm supervised cultivation of 440 acres, which was planted up to Saturday: 9am-12noon. WAIKERIE MACHINERY MUSEUM vegetables for consumption and for seed which was distributed , Paringa | Ph: 0423 050 732. Open by appointment around the nation. Juice from the tomatoes was canned and this venue has on display sent to the allies in the Pacifc, while the opium poppies supplied ARGO BARGE stationery engines, vintage raw opium for morphine and pyrethrum daisies were used for Renowned as the largest tractors, farm machinery and insect repellent. Pigs were bred for market and the poultry farm barge to operate on the equipment used in a bygone supplied dressed hens and eggs for the army hospitals and army Murray River system, the era. Located on Rowe street camps. Work gangs carried out maintenance on roads, repaired Argo was used mainly to next to the Waikerie Ferry army tents, and made soap, while the wood camps provided pump water into or out of and pumping station. Ph Erica: 8541 3767 or 0448 757 456 timber for the army. After the war Camp 14 was used as a transit the main river. In the 1920s, the Argo Barge was employed in station for POWs waiting to be shipped home. It closed in 1946. the construction of the locks, weirs and barrages. NAPPER’S BRIDGE & NAPPER’S RUINS More information on tours and displays can be located Open for inspection Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm Napper’s Bridge, at the at the Barmera Visitor Information Centre. Ph: 8588 2289 and Weekends & Public Holidays 10am to 2pm. junction of Chambers Creek 84 Murray Avenue, Renmark | Ph: 8580 3060 and Lake Bonney, was THE BLUEBIRD MONUMENT originally built incorporating More recent history was P.S. INDUSTRY a weir in 1914 by our early made in 1964 when world Built at Goolwa S.A, the P.S. settlers during drought renowned Donald Campbell Industry was commissioned conditions. Napper’s Ruins, and his dedicated team as a work boat for the S.A a little further north, are of attempted to break the Engineering & Water Supply the Lake Bonney Hotel originally built for workers of Cobdogla World Water Speed record, Department in January Station, and an accommodation house built in 1859 which reaching an Australian Water Speed Record of 216mph (475 1911. The P.S. Industry played a major role in keeping the housed Overlanders who traversed this great country in the km per hour). Campbell later succeeded with a World Water river open to traffc, as it removed snags and later assisted to early 1900s. Interpretive information is available at the ruins. Speed record (276.33mph/607.93kph) in Western Australia construct locks and weirs. Retiring in 1969 it became a floating Barmera Visitor Information Centre, Barwell Avenue, Barmera. and remains to this day the only person to achieve both Land static museum until the formation of a volunteer group in Ph: 8588 2289 | www.barmeratourism.com.au and Water World Speed Record in the same calendar year. A 1990. Due to the fantastic volunteers, it steams at regular times monument to Donald Campbell and a representative model throughout the year and is moored on the Renmark riverfront. of the Bluebird K7 can be found on the foreshore of Lake BARMERA WAR MEMORIAL For further information and cruising details please Bonney. More information is available at the Barmera Visitor Such was the use of horses on the Western Front that over contact the Renmark Paringa Visitor Information Centre. Information Centre, Barwell Ave, Barmera. 8 million died on all sides fghting in the war. Two and a 84 Murray Avenue, Renmark | Ph: 08 8580 3060 half million horses were treated in veterinary hospitals with Ph: 8588 2289 | www.barmeratourism.com.au www.renmarkparinga.sa.gov.au/discover