Tindale (© Tony Tindale and Beryl George)
This map is a reproduction of and extract from Norman B. Tindale 1974 map of Indigenous groups' boundaries showing the geographic location of Aboriginal cultural groups in the Riverland region at the time of first European settlement in Australia.
It is not intended to represent contemporary relationships to land. Further details of the work performed by Norman Tindale may be found by referring to the South Australian Museum | 
SRSA, GRG 56/81/23
Map showing two early exploration routes through the Riverland region by Sturt, 1828 - 1830.
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SRSA, GRG 35/585/73
Map showing the leased lands of South Australia in 1867.
This was prior to the Chaffey Brothers and State Government initiative to irrigate the Riverland region. These leases represented one of the first permanent European settlements in South Australia's Riverland. | |
SRSA, GRS 3570/1, no. 1656 of 1868
The Pastoral Lease in the name of John Chambers (as above) for a plot situated on the Murray River.
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GRS 3570/1/1868/1656
Map included in the Pastoral Lease in the name of John Chambers (as above) for a plot situated on the Murray River.
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1887
The Chaffey Brothers Irrigation Works Act of 1887 between William and George Chaffey and the Commissioner for Crown Lands.
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1887
This Act allowed for the agricultural development of the Riverland, changing the shape of the region forever.
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