MURRAY  , the largest See also:

• RIVER

river in See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia . It rises in the Australian See also:

• ALPS

Alps in 36° 4o' S. and 147° E., and flowing See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west skirts the See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders of New See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales and See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria until it passes into South Australia, shortly after which it bends south-See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

ward into See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake Alexandrina, a shallow See also:

• LAGOON (Fr. lagune, Lat. lacuna, a pool)

lagoon, whence it makes its way to the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea at Encounter See also:

• BAY

Bay by a narrow opening at 35° 35' S. and 138° 55' E . Near its source the Murray See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

Gates, precipitous rocks, See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower above it to the height of 3000 ft.; and the earlier See also:

• PART

part of its course is tortuous and uneven . Farther on it loses so much by evaporation in some parts as to become a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of pools . Its length till it debouches into Lake Alexandrina is 1120 m., its See also:

• AVERAGE

average breadth in summer is 240 ft., its average See also:

• DEPTH

depth about 16 ft.; and it drains an See also:

• AREA

area of about 270,000 sq. m . For small steamers it is navigable as far as See also:

• ALBURY

Albury . Periodically it overflows, causing wide inundations . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal tributaries of the Murray are those from New South Wales, including the See also:

• EDWARD

Edward River, the See also:

• UNITED

united streams of the Murrumbidgee and Lachlan, and the See also:

• DARLING
• DARLING, GRACE HORSLEY (1815-1842)

Darling or Callewatta . In 1829 See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• STURT, CHARLES (d. 186g)

Sturt traced the Murrumbidgee River till it debouched into the Murray, which he followed down to Lake Alexandrina, but he was compelled, after See also:

• GREAT

great hardships, to return without discovering its mouth . In 1831 Captain See also:

• BARKER, EDMUND HENRY (1788–1839)

Barker, while attempting to discover this, was murdered by the natives .