58-513: Murray Bridge (formerly Mobilong and Edwards Crossing ; Ngarrindjeri : Pomberuk ) is a city in the Australian state of South Australia , located 78 kilometres (48 mi) east-southeast of the state's capital city, Adelaide , and 77 kilometres (48 mi) north of the town of Meningie . The city is called Pomberuk by the traditional owners of the land, the Ngarrindjeri people. It
116-567: A Woolworths supermarket and a small number of additional stores. The centre was extended in 2001 and included a Target Country. A new addition to the original shopping complex was completed in 2015, which included a second (and larger) Coles , and a new Target replacing Target Country , which the site made way for a Cheap as Chips discount store. After 42 years of trading, the Woolworths store closed in May 2018. A Drakes Supermarket opened in mid-2019 at
174-636: A common descent from original inhabitants of this region-- even though their traditional identifying labels have been lost." In 1864, the publication of the Ngarrindjerri Bible was the first time portions of the Bible were translated into an Aboriginal language . 8 Genesis 2:8 follows in Ngarrindjerri from the 1864 translation and a literal English translation. " Jehovah winmin gardenowe Edenald, kile yuppun ityan korn gardenungai. " "Jehovah God planted
232-433: A dialect ). Berndt , Berndt & Stanton (1993) wrote: "The appropriate traditional categorisation of the whole group was Kukabrak: this term, as we mention again below, was used by these people to differentiate themselves from neighbours whom they regarded as being socio-culturally and linguistically dissimilar. However, the term Narrinyeri has been used consistently in the literature and by Aborigines today who recognise
290-557: A food court and the public library with undercover parking for over 900 cars. There was a previous Woolworths store that was located in Bridge Street on the corner of Sixth Street opposite the then Town Hall and Court House. This store opened in either late 1969 or 1970 and was later replaced by the 1976 store at the Murray Bridge Green located on Swamport Road and Standen Street. Discount supermarket Aldi opened further west from
348-497: A garden in Eden, toward the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed." The last fluent speaker of Ngarrindjerri died in the 1960s, but there have been attempts to revive the language in the 21st century, including the release of a Ngarrindjeri dictionary in 2009. The work of Lutheran missionaries Christian Teichelmann and Clamor Schürmann in the early days of the colonisation of South Australia have contributed enormously to
406-486: A social alternative, often offering barbecues and after-game drinks. Lawn tennis is played at Sturt Reserve on Saturday mornings and afternoons from October to February, and is organised by the Murray Bridge Lawn Tennis Association. Murray Bridge is also known for its basketball , having won numerous State Country Championships and many of its young players going on to represent South Australia in
464-568: A warm temperate semi-arid climate ( Köppen: BSk), with very warm, dry summers and mild, slightly wetter winters. Mean maxima vary from 29.4 °C (84.9 °F) in January and February to 16.3 °C (61.3 °F) in July, while mean minima fluctuate between 14.8 °C (58.6 °F) in January and 5.4 °C (41.7 °F) in July. Annual precipitation is rather low, averaging 348.4 mm (13.72 in) between 101.5 precipitation days. Despite this,
522-468: Is home to "The Bunyip", a mechanical representation of the legendary water monster , located on Sturt Reserve. Many South Australian children fondly remember their first visit to the Bunyip, putting a coin in the machine and watching the Bunyip emerge from its watery cage complete with shrieking sound effects. The Murray Bridge Linear Park is a shared-use walkway that runs along Adelaide Road. Opening in stages,
580-460: Is in the traditional lands of the Ngarrindjeri people, who refer to Murray Bridge as Pomberuk. The first European explorer was Charles Sturt , who camped there on 8 February 1830. The first road bridge across the lower Murray was known as The Murray Bridge and completed at Edwards's Crossing in 1879. To distinguish this bridge with the many other bridges that cross the Murray River, this bridge
638-501: Is known as the Murray River road bridge, Murray Bridge . The bridge became a shared road and rail bridge in 1886 until the separate rail bridge was completed in 1925. The bridge was designed for 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ) rail track gauge though in actuality, only 1,600 mm ( 5 ft 3 in ) gauge trains ever used it. The District Council of Mobilong was established in 1884, bringing local government to
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#1732851405610696-524: Is listed as a Ramsar site . The wetland is also appears in the non-statutory list known as A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia . Lake Alexandrina includes the following protected areas declared under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 - Currency Creek Game Reserve , Mud Islands Game Reserve , Salt Lagoon Islands Conservation Park and Tolderol Game Reserve . Lake Alexandrina
754-511: Is now extinct. Linguist Ghil'ad Zuckermann suggests that the original pronunciation of Ngarrindjeri had two distinct rhotic consonants : the first was rr (as in Italian) and the second was r (as in English). However, in revitalized Ngarrindjeri, both rhotics "are pronounced unlike English". Zuckermann analyses this phenomenon as over-applied, hypercorrect "emblematicity" due to Othering :
812-550: Is the language of the Ngarrindjeri and related peoples of southern South Australia . Five dialects have been distinguished by a 2002 study: Warki , Tanganekald , Ramindjeri , Portaulun and Yaraldi (or Yaralde Tingar ). Ngarrindjerri is Pama–Nyungan . McDonald (2002) distinguishes five dialects: Warki, Tanganekald, Ramindjeri, Portaulun and Yaraldi. Bowern (2011) lists the Yaraldi, Ngarrindjeri, and Ramindjeri varieties as separate languages. Tanganekald, also known as Thangal,
870-457: Is the major river to flow into Lake Alexandrina. Others include the Bremer , Angas , and Finniss rivers, all from the eastern side of the southern Mount Lofty Ranges . The lake is shallow and contains a number of islands near the southern end. Loveday Bay is an inlet located at the south-east of Lake Alexandrina, adjacent to Tauwitchere Channel. Lake Alexandrina is connected by a narrow channel to
928-569: The Corporate Town of Murray Bridge , effectively renaming the township. In 1920, there was a picture theatre in Murray Bridge known as the Lyric Theatre, leased by Dan Clifford Theatres . At that time, audiences were dwindling owing to only silent films being able to be shown, but there were plans to upgrade to enable screening of " talkies ". In 1977 the two local councils recombined as
986-671: The District Council of Murray Bridge . In 1979 the Swanport Bridge , carrying the South Eastern Freeway across the Murray River was completed 5 kilometres (3 mi) downstream, removing most through traffic from the historic road and rail bridge. In 1993 the local municipal council crossed a population threshold, enabling it to be declared a city, the Rural City of Murray Bridge. The bounded locality of Murray Bridge remained
1044-581: The Lower Lakes ) and a coastal lagoon called The Coorong to its southeast, before draining into the Great Australian Bight via a short, narrow opening known as Murray Mouth . Aboriginal people having an association with the lake were reported as knowing it by such names as Mungkuli, Parnka and Kayinga. English settlers named the lake after Princess Alexandrina , niece and successor of King William IV of Great Britain and Ireland. When
1102-440: The Murray River and boasts a large selection of books, self-service kiosks, computers, kitchen and gallery areas. The Murray Bridge area has approximately 65 parks, reserves and open spaces for public use that range from small reserves to large family-friendly areas. Sturt Reserve (including Wharf Hill and precinct) is a popular riverfront area that includes a large playground, barbeque areas, mooring and shelter. Murray Bridge
1160-544: The Rural City of Murray Bridge council area of 1,832 km. Situated along the Murray River , the river is the lifeblood of the city and surrounding areas. The river flows into nearby Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert . Adelaide receives 55% of its water supply from the Murray on average. In the 1982/83 drought, 90% of Adelaide's supply was pumped from the Murray. The "Iron Triangle" industrial area receives 90% of its water from
1218-553: The 24-hour Australian International Pedal Prix race annually in September. Murray Bridge Lutheran Tennis Club plays hard court tennis on their home courts based at Christian Reserve. Hard court tennis is hosted by various clubs throughout the community, including Jervois, Brinkley, Mannum, Mypolonga and Tailem Bend as well as clubs within the township. Hard court tennis is played on both Friday nights and Saturday mornings. There are both Junior and senior divisions. Friday night tennis offers
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#17328514056101276-779: The Linear Park includes public toilets, shelter and a BBQ area. It provides a protected pedestrian and bicycle path leading eastward to the city centre. In 1924 the Murray Bridge rowing team was chosen to represent Australia at the Paris Olympics . The Murray Cods, as they were known, won the Australian Eight-Oared Championships (the King's Cup) and were invited to compete in a test race at Port Adelaide between South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria. Although accustomed to rowing over 3 mi (4.8 km),
1334-566: The Murray Bridge CBD, on the corner of Adelaide Road and Thomas Street in late 2018. Supermarkets in Murray Bridge include a Coles at Murray Bridge Green (the Mannum Rd supermarket closed in 2019), Woolworths at Murray Bridge Marketplace, Josh's IGA Westside on Adelaide Road and IGA Swanport, on Swanport Road. The original Woolworths supermarket at Murray Bridge Green was open from 1976 and closed in 2018. Target closed in early 2021 and
1392-712: The Murray Cods were able to defeat the other crews on the 1 mi (1.6 km) mile and 420 yd (380 m) (2 km) course. In February 2024 it was announced that the crew would be posthumously inducted into the South Australian Sport Hall of Fame . Murray Bridge is also home to the River Murray Football League , which plays Australian rules football . The league consists of the Murray Bridge-based clubs of Ramblers and Imperials and
1450-399: The Murray. Refer to the Rural City of Murray Bridge for townships within the council area. Suburbs within the city include Northern Heights, Murray Bridge North, Murray Bridge East, Murray Bridge South, Riverglades, Gifford Hill, and Avoca Dell. Murray Bridge also has a number of unofficially named neighbourhoods including: Westside, Southside, Birdsville (also known as Bird Cage, due to
1508-584: The National Championships. Murray Bridge is also home to the Murray Bridge Speedway which has been in operation since 1958. Located on the eastern side of the River, the speedway is a 360 metres (390 yd) long dirt track racing venue that caters to both motorcycle speedway and car racing, hosting numerous Australian and South Australian championships during its existence. On 12 November 2011
1566-524: The Ngarrindjeri language: These are words for animals extinct since European colonisation: Lake Alexandrina (South Australia) Lake Alexandrina is a coastal freshwater lake located between the Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island and Murray and Mallee regions of South Australia , about 100 kilometres (62 mi) south-east of Adelaide . The lake adjoins the smaller Lake Albert (together known as
1624-408: The Ngarrindjeri revivalists are trying to define themselves vis-à-vis the "Other", distancing themselves from "the colonizers' mother tongue, Australian English" (even at the expense of losing one of their own original rhotics). Other names include Jarildekald, Jaralde, Yarilde, Yarrildie, Jaraldi, Lakalinyeri, Warawalde, Yalawarre, Yarildewallin (although as mentioned above, Yaraldi is regarded as
1682-566: The South Australian average of $ 1,206 per week. The urban area that contains and surrounds Murray Bridge had a population of 16,708 in the 2011 census . In the 2006 census , the population was 14,048. In the 2001 census , the population was 12,998. In the 2006 Census, 10.4% of the population were born overseas, and 4.5% were Indigenous Australians . The median weekly household income was A$ 639 per week, compared with $ 924 in Adelaide. 13.3% of
1740-406: The air, such as may occur in a time of severe drought, the sulphides oxidise, producing sulphuric acid. The barrages now prevent the seawater inflows that had formerly prevented this phenomenon in every drought since the last ice age. A weir was proposed near Pomanda Point where the river entered the lake, in order to protect upriver and Adelaide's water supplies should it become necessary to open
1798-434: The barrages, but this plan was dropped by the South Australian government after a campaign by the River, Lakes and Coorong Action Group highlighted the many environmental problems such a weir would cause. Turtles live in the lake, with lizards and snakes being present along the shoreline. Insect species include dragonflies , a range of moths and butterflies, and large numbers of beetles (coleoptera). Freshwater fish inhabit
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1856-547: The city centre. It shows major movie releases and is the only cinema in the region. Murray Bridge hosts a number of popular community events such as the Murray Bridge Fringe Festival, Christmas Pageant and Fireworks Spectacular, Splash Festival, and numerous street stalls and farmers markets. The city is home to the Round House and Captain's Cottage Museum, both are open for tours and interactive experiences with
1914-529: The city is part of the division of Barker , and has been represented by Liberal MP Tony Pasin since 2013. At local level, Murray Bridge is part of the Rural City of Murray Bridge local government area . Local schools include Unity College , Murray Bridge North School, Murray Bridge South Primary School, Fraser Park Primary School, St Joseph's School, Murray Bridge High School and Tyndale Christian College. Ngarrindjeri language Ngarrindjeri , also written Narrinyeri , Ngarinyeri and other variants,
1972-503: The city of Murray Bridge and are governed by the same city council: Avoca Dell , Gifford Hill , Greenbanks , Long Flat , Mobilong , Monteith , Murray Bridge East , Murray Bridge North , Murray Bridge South , Northern Heights , Riverglades , Riverglen , Sunnyside , Swanport , Toora , White Hill , White Sands , and Willow Banks . Murray Bridge is part of the state Electoral district of Hammond , which has been held since 2006 by Liberal MP Adrian Pederick . In federal politics,
2030-433: The community. University of Adelaide linguist Robert Amery and his wife, Mary-Anne Gale, have helped to drive the project. The musical group Deadly Nannas (Nragi Muthar) have been writing and singing songs in Ngarrindjerri and English, and using them to help teach the language in schools and other venues. The Yaralde had the southernmost attested Australian Aboriginal sign language . The following words are from
2088-512: The dictionary, again compiled by Gale and Williams, was published by AIATSIS in 2020. Hundreds of new words have been added, including words for items which did not exist in the 19th century, such as " solar panel ". In 2021 the first students of the first training course to be specially tailored to the teaching of Aboriginal language , run by Tauondi Aboriginal College in Port Adelaide , graduated, and are now able to pass on their skills to
2146-605: The district teams of Mypolonga , Mannum , Tailem Bend , Jervois and Meningie . In 2005 the city's golf course , Murray Bridge Golf Club, held the State's premier regional junior team event, the Brett Ogle Cup (named after the Australian Professional golfer Brett Ogle ). The home team went undefeated and qualified for the state final, losing narrowly. The team had not previously experienced such success; junior golf in
2204-454: The flow stream. A 2020 review of hundreds of scientific studies relating to the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth has found that it was a freshwater ecosystem prior to European settlement of South Australia . Hindmarsh Island is reputed to be the largest island in the world with salt water on one side and fresh water on the other. In Aboriginal mythology known as Dreamtime , the lake
2262-465: The former Woolworths supermarket site of Murray Bridge Green shopping centre. Drake's is the seventh supermarket currently operating in Murray Bridge. Murray Bridge Marketplace was opened in November 2011 and contains the city's second Woolworths supermarket (now only Woolworths after the original store closed), a Big W department store, Priceline , Best & Less , Reject Shop , 45 specialty stores,
2320-476: The history of the area. The Murray Bridge Regional Gallery exhibits local and regional artists and includes a gallery shop. The Murray Bridge Library, is a public library operated by the Rural City of Murray Bridge council, and is located on the lower level in the Murray Bridge Marketplace shopping centre. Opened in 2011, after moving from its former location on South Terrace, the library overlooks
2378-399: The lake include the critically endangered orange-bellied parrots , endangered Australasian bitterns , vulnerable fairy terns , as well as over 1% of the world populations of Cape Barren geese , Australian shelducks , great cormorants and sharp-tailed sandpipers . Lake Alexandrina is part of the wetland complex known as the Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland which
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2436-455: The lake, including the introduced European carp . The soils around the lake are relatively low in organic carbon, although good barley and vegetable crops may be produced. Non-wetting soils are present along the south eastern bounds of Lake Albert and in areas around Lake Alexandrina. The lake is a habitat for many species of waterbird , including migratory waders , or shorebirds, which breed in northern Asia and Alaska. Species supported by
2494-464: The mainland and three islands near the Murray Mouth. Though the lake has been historically connected to the ocean, the fresh and salt water flows mixed very little, with the lake area remaining fresh over 95% of the time with normal river inflow. Salt water inflows from the ocean would result in relatively little mixing of fresh and salt water, either vertically in the water column or laterally across
2552-608: The majority population centre and seat of the city council. Murray Bridge contains a number of heritage-listed sites, including the Murray Bridge Transport Precinct, listed on the South Australian Heritage Register . Murray Bridge is located 76 km south-east of Adelaide and is the population centre of the Murraylands region. The city has an urban area of 97.5 km, making up 5.3% of
2610-466: The population identified themselves as Lutheran , while a higher 24.7% identified with no religion. The primary industries in the city include agriculture and manufacturing, including food manufacturing. Most of Murray Bridge's retail and dining facilities are located on and in close proximity to Bridge Street. The majority contained within two main shopping centres, Murray Bridge Green and Murray Bridge Marketplace. Murray Bridge Green opened in 1976 as
2668-474: The princess ascended the throne and took the name Queen Victoria, there was some talk of changing the name of the lake to Lake Victoria, but the idea was dropped. Lake Alexandrina is located north of Encounter Bay and east of Fleurieu Peninsula within what are now the two following South Australian government regions: Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island region, and the Murray Mallee region. The Murray River
2726-594: The region has since obtained a higher profile. Another sporting association in Murray Bridge is the Murray Bridge Amateur Swim Club (The Cods) which competes in meets with other clubs, as well as Country Championships (a large meet for all of the rural South Australian swim clubs) and state and national championships. Murray Bridge is also the home of the Murray Bridge Racing Club, Murray Bridge and District Table Tennis Association, and holds
2784-474: The revival of both Ngarrindjeri and Kaurna . There were 312 speakers of Ngarrindjerri recorded in the 2016 Australian census . A second edition of the dictionary was published in 2019, with 500 additional words, bringing the total to 4,200. Ngarrindjeri elder Phyllis Williams has been collaborating with linguist Mary-Anne Gale for many years, teaching the language to adults and developing resources to aid language revival . The third, expanded edition of
2842-510: The shore of the lake in 1859 and became an Aboriginal reserve in 1916. It was handed back to the Ngarrindjeri people in 1974, and renamed Raukkan in 1982. Inventor and author David Unaipon is from Raukkan. In 2008, water levels in Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert became so low that there was a high risk of large quantities of acid sulphate soils forming. The soils on the lake beds are naturally rich in iron sulphides. When exposed to
2900-417: The shores around it receded into the dim distance until they become invisible, in the way which we are accustomed only with ideas of salt water. Supplied almost entirely by the Murray, the whole lake retains the muddy tinge of which I have spoken, and this sadly detracts from the otherwise beautiful appearances of this magnificent sheet of water." The Point McLeay mission was established by George Taplin on
2958-607: The smaller Lake Albert to the south-east. The lake empties into the Southern Ocean via a channel known as the Murray Mouth , south-east of the town of Goolwa , but when the river flow is low, the mouth is often blocked by a sand-bar. Originally subjected to tidal and storm inflows of seawater, the lake is now maintained as a fresh water one by a series of barrages known as the Goolwa Barrages ; these cross five channels between
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#17328514056103016-620: The speedway hosted its first ever World Championship event when it will host the FIM 2011 World Sidecar speedway Championship with Murray Bridge's own Jesse Headland winning the title as passenger to NSW based rider Darrin Treloar. Headland was the winner of the 2010 Championship in England with his father Mick Headland. The following bounded localities gazetted in South Australia are considered suburbs of
3074-702: The streets being named after birds), Pathways, and Narooma Waters. The latest development to Murray Bridge includes a new estate called Newbridge. The city used to have a number of neighbourhoods, now part of the wider Murray Bridge township, these included: Hornsey Park, Bridgeport, Riverview, Murray Bridge Estate, Murray Gardens, Totness Park, Dunoon Park, Morningside, South Mobilong, Kerkanya, Ruglea Park, Sladdentown, Glenview, Westland, Slade Park, Rundleville, Railway Land, Myrleville, Ritterville, Riverdene, Hawkelea, Murray Bridge Extension, Pine Park, Laneville, Murray Park, and Esmond Park. Some of these names have been retained as streets, parks or businesses. Murray Bridge has
3132-409: The town has 78.8 clear days and 145.7 cloudy days per annum. Extreme temperatures have ranged from 47.5 °C (117.5 °F) on 24 January 2019 to −5.0 °C (23.0 °F) on 21 July 1982. In the 2016 Census , the Murray Bridge area had a population of 20,858. The median age was 41, and 21.7% of the population were born overseas. The median weekly household income was $ 973 per week, compared with
3190-468: The township, then known as Mobilong, and the surrounding land within the Hundred of Mobilong . By 1923, the council had absorbed the southern two-thirds of the neighbouring Hundred of Burdett across the river, the Hundred of Ettrick further east, and part of the Hundred of Brinkley to the south. The Mobilong township by then had its own ward. The township seceded from Mobilong council in 1924, calling itself
3248-495: Was inhabited by a monster known as the Muldjewangk . Edward Wilson , visiting the lake in the 1850s described it as follows: "Lake Alexandrina is the finest sheet of fresh water I ever saw. Indeed so formidable did it look, with a stiff wind blowing up quite a sufficient swell to make one seasick, that I could scarcely believe it to be fresh. Such is the fact however. It is forty or fifty miles long by twelve or fifteen wide and
3306-493: Was later known as Mobilong and later as Edwards Crossing , before being renamed as Murray Bridge in 1924, deriving its name from the then Murray River road/rail bridge crossing over the Murray River . The city is situated on the Princes Highway , the main road transport link between Adelaide and Melbourne . The city services a farming area including dairy , pigs, chickens, cereal crops and vegetables. Murray Bridge
3364-409: Was replaced by K Hub . The Murray Bridge Town Hall, built in 1911 and redeveloped in 2010, is a theatre seating up to 300 people located in the city centre. It is managed by the Rural City of Murray Bridge council and hosts events year-round including musicals, travelling shows and fringe festival events. Cameo Cinema, a single-screen cinema that seats 250 people, is located on Second Street within
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