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- Echuca was founded by one of the most enterprising characters of the early colonial days, an ex-convict named Henry Hopwood.
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Echuca was founded by one of the most enterprising characters of the early colonial days, an ex-convict named Henry Hopwood. In 1850 he bought a small punt, which operated across the Murray river near the Campaspe Junction.
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Present-day Echuca was founded by one of the most enterprising figures of the early colonial period, an ex-convict named Henry Hopwood. In 1850 he purchased a small punt to ferry people and goods across the Murray River near the Campaspe junction.
Oct 7, 2023 · Echuca was founded by one of the most enterprising characters of the early colonial days, an ex-convict named Henry Hopwood. In 1850 he bought a small punt, which operated across the Murray River near the Campaspe Junction.
Jun 9, 2024 · Founded in 1847 as a ferrying point, it developed as one of Victoria’s largest inland river ports in the 1850s, handling wool, wheat, and timber. Echuca became a borough in 1865, but it lost its port functions in the 1870s and declined as railroads took over traffic.
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Dec 18, 2020 · Echuca was founded in 1854, and very quickly became Australia's largest inland port. Part of this was due to being on a relatively narrow bend in the Murray River, which proved a logical crossing ...
You'll learn about Henry Hopwood, an ex-convict who founded Echuca. In 1850 he bought a small punt which operated across the Murray River near the Campaspe junction.
Henry Hopwood is widely regarded as the first settler and 'father' of Echuca. In 1835 Hopwood was sentenced to 14 years transportation and sent to Tasmania.
