Corporate Body
River Murray Commission (1917 - 1988)
Commonwealth of Australia
- From
- 31 January 1917
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - To
- 1 January 1988
- Functions
- Conservation or Environment, Advisory or Regulatory Body and Resources
- Reference No
- CA 246
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Summary
An agreement between the states of Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia, along with the Commonwealth of Australia, led to the establishment of the River Murray Commission. The Commission consisted of representatives from the Federal Government, as well as representatives from the three states through which the Murray flows. All development and works that were carried out on the Murray River were controlled by the Commission.
Related entries
Timeline
1917 - 1988 River Murray Commission
1988 - 2007 Murray-Darling Basin Commission
2007 - Murray-Darling Basin Authority
Superior
Published resources
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-623481. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 246; The River Murray Commission. Registration of entity: 30 September 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%20246. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_r.html. Details
- O'Gorman, Emily, Wetlands in a dry land: more-than-human histories of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin (Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 2021), 288 pp. https://www.mup.com.au/books/wetlands-in-a-dry-land-paperback-softback. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 14 December 2000, Last modified: 20 March 2006
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