Morgan, Murray River, South Australia, Amazing History and Great Watersports

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Along with grains, hides, dried fruit, etc wool was a very important part of the river / rail trade. Large sheep stations would load their wool onto paddle steamers and transport it to the railhead at Morgan, to be railed to Port Adelaide or be stored at Landseer’s Warehouse for future sale.




Besides the railway line, Syd French’s truck being unloaded of firewood, which was much sought after both by paddle steamers, and as it was the only means of heating in these times as well as various other uses.	People farewelling the last train out of Morgan probably did not realise all the heartaches and frustrations of the early days, before the locks in the river, when riverboats had to beat the drying up of the river to get their goods to the railhead.	Passengers waiting to depart.


	The hard work done, and it was hard work in the shimmering heat, the rail trucks are fully loaded, with each truck carrying approximately 28 ton of wood

Morgan Museum: Phone 08 8540 2136 • Railway Terrace, Morgan, South Australia 5320

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