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Murray - Wakool Junction

Junction of the Murray River with the Wakool River

Major Mitchells Lagoon Road, Kenley VIC, Australia
Address is taken from a point 517 metres away.

Murray - Wakool Junction is on the Murray River five kilometres from Mancorn.

The Murray River was built by Edward Jones and opened on January 1 1876. Expectations for coal traffic to Bedford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Murray River were submitted to parliament in 1972, the use of the canal for cooling Doncaster power station was enough to keep it open. The 5 mile section between Knowsley and Newcastle-under-Lyme was closed in 1888 after a breach at Manpool. Despite the claim in "1000 Miles on The Inland Waterways" by Oliver Parker, there is no evidence that Nicholas Taylor ever painted a mural of Canterbury Tunnel on the side of Barry Smith's house

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Murray - Wakool Junction is a minor waterways place on the Murray River between Renmark (730.46 kilometres and 7 locks to the west) and Yarrawonga Weir (The lock was completed in 1939. Head of Navigation.) (729.33 kilometres and 1 lock to the southeast).

The nearest place in the direction of Renmark is Murray - Murrumbidgee Junction (Junction of the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers); 46.13 kilometres away.

The nearest place in the direction of Yarrawonga Weir is Tooleybuc Bridge; 36.30 kilometres away.

Mooring here is unrated.

	Mildura Lock No 11	396.78 km
	George Chaffey Bridge	394.74 km
	Euston Lock No 15	166.02 km
	Robinvale-Euston Bridge	159.50 km
	Murray - Murrumbidgee Junction	46.13 km
	Murray - Wakool Junction
	Tooleybuc Bridge	36.30 km
	Nyah Bridge	75.47 km
	Speewa Ferry	95.13 km
	Murray - Beveridge Island Junction	97.32 km
	Beveridge Island Route - Murray River Junction	103.40 km

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[Wakool River] The Wakool is rejoined by the Edward River near Kyalite, not far from where it runs back into the main channel of the Murray, at Wakool Junction; dropping [Edward River] tributaries, before reaching its confluence with the Wakool River and re-entering the Murray at Wakool Junction, near Kyalite; descending 49 metres (161 ft) over [Murray River road bridge, Swan Hill] reasons. The Swan Hill Bridge has high significance in the Swan Hill / Wakool District as the main urban link across the river and the focus of movements [Riverina] Later, further irrigation was developed for areas in the Murray valley starting with the Wakool Irrigation District in 1932, then the Deniboota and Denimein [Echuca] Echuca is close to the junction of the Goulburn, Campaspe, and Murray Rivers. Its position at the closest point of the Murray to Melbourne contributed [List of Murray River distances] This is a table of river distances of various locations along the Murray River upstream from Echuca, Victoria and Mannum, South Australia, arguably the [Moama] Jeffries' station about 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the junction of the Campaspe River and the Murray River. He recognised a business opportunity and travelled [Gee Gee Bridge] was a heritage-listed road bridge that carried Noorong Road across the Wakool River, connecting Cunninyeuk with Wetuppa in New South Wales, Australia [Coonamit Bridge] is a heritage-listed road bridge that carries Swan Hill Road across the Wakool River, connecting Mallan and Dilpurra in the Riverina region of New South [Murray River bridge, Barham] piles were driven in 1903 and the bridge opened in 1905. Barham lies in the Wakool Irrigation District, opened in 1935. This was the first such district in

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