Museums – The Murray
Learn about the fascinating paddle steamer era at Echuca’s historical museum and the Swan Hill Pioneer Settlement or gain an insight into the life of early pioneers at museums in Mildura and Albury Wodonga.
The national parks are also wonderful open air museums of Aboriginal history where evidence of indigenous camp fires, middens and burials as well as the remains of long extinct animals dating back nearly 40,000 years have been found.
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The Pioneer Settlement is a re-creation of a riverside port town of the paddle steamer era.
Horseshoe Bend, Swan Hill
Ph 03 5036 2410
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Echuca-Moama and surrounds:
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This museum has an extensive display of original river charts and photographs of the life and legends of the river boat era.
Dickson Street, Echuca
Ph 03 5480 1325
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Yarrawonga-Mulwala and surrounds:
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Yarrawonga-Mulwala Pioneer Museum features one of the largest exhibits of the early pioneering days of Australia.
Melbourne Street, Mulwala
Ph 03 5744 1402
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Rio Vista Historic House
Completed in 1891 WB Chaffey's grand house Rio Vista, was built in Queen Anne style with Californian references. The house has been restored and is a replica museum of the original home.
Location 199 Cureton Avenue, Mildura
Ph 03 5018 8330
Albury Wodonga and surrounds:
Bandiana Army Museum
This amazing museum is housed in a large World War II warehouse. It features a collection of army memorabilia and equipment, including weapons, clothing and military vehicles of all uses. Tours are available by prior arrangement.
Off Murray Valley Highway, Wodonga
Ph 02 6055 2525
Corryong Man from Snowy River Folk Museum
A.B. 'Banjo' Patterson made this area famous when he penned The Man from Snowy River about a cattleman in the High Country. The museum celebrates the pioneering efforts of the people who worked and lived in the High Country and is rated one of Australia's top small museums.
Cnr Hanson and Mckay Street, Corryong
Ph 02 6076 2600
