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Lower & Mid Murraylands South Australia |
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Miscellaneous photographs of the region around Swan Reach. A short distance upstream, land was taken-up by the explorer and protector of Aborigines - Edward John Eyre, in 1839. The area known as Moorundie, was garrisoned by a detachment of the 96th regiment and mounted police whose job it was to see that Aborigines did not attack overlanders from New South Wales who were bringing stock to the new colony of South Australia. The Aboriginal inhabitants of Moorundie were dispossessed of all land, and despite the well meaning efforts of Eyre, nobody was ever prosectuted for cold blooded murder inflicted in various isolated areas. |
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Oct 2000. A houseboat has moored at Swan Reach for the night, its occupants are enjoing an evening meal in the delightful cliff top hotel |
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The settlement of Swan Reach, c1909. The original homestead and shearing sheds date back to around 1860. |
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The Geralton wax bush is a native of Western Australia and grows well in the sandy soil of Swan Reach |
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This old river red-gum is a typical species which grows along the river. This tree would be 500 to 1000 years old |
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