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Views of scenery on the Darling & Lower Murray during the flood of 1886

by National Library of Australia Commons

Cover title.; Photographer: Charles Bayliss.; Selected items also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an10668362; Down the Darling : the Charles Bayliss photographs / Kevin Jeffcoat, Sandra Byron. Parramatta : Heritage Committee, Dept. of Water Resources New South Wales, c1991.; Album f76.; Ferguson Collection. Scenes at Bourke, Yanda Station, Gundabooka Station, Toorale Station, Dunlop Station, Wilcannia, Menindie, Moorara Station.

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View of Bourke in floodwaters, New South Wales

Junction of Darling and Murray Rivers, taken from Victorian side

View of Bourke looking down stream, New South Wales

A reach on the Darling River, about 40 miles below Bourke, New South Wales

Jandra Rocks, Darling River, New South Wales

Distant view of Jandra Rocks, Darling River, New South Wales

A reach on the Darling River below Jandra, New South Wales

Floodwaters around the homestead, Yanda Station near the Darling River, New South Wales

Wool washing on Gundabooka Station, Darling River, New South Wales

Junction of the Darling and Warrego Rivers, first view, New South Wales

Junction of the Darling and Warrego Rivers, second view, New South Wales

"Flooded out!", a homestead lease on Toorale Station, Darling River, New South Wales

Looking west from Dunlop Range overlooking Louth, Darling River, New South Wales

Looking south from Dunlop Range overlooking Louth, Darling River, New South Wales

Floodwaters surrounding the woolshed on Dunlop Station, Darling River, New South Wales

Woolshed on Dunlop Station, Darling River, New South Wales

People gathered at the Dunlop Station homestead, Darling River, New South Wales

Group of Aboriginals at Dunlop Station homestead, Darling River, New South Wales

Lake Woytchugga near Wilcannia, Darling River, New South Wales

Bullock teams at Wilcannia, Darling River, New South Wales

Mob of one thousand bullocks crossing Darling River at Wilcannia, New South Wales

Bullocks crossing the Darling River at Wilcannia, New South Wales

The hospital at Wilcannia, New South Wales

The water tower and waterworks at Wilcannia on the Darling River, New South Wales

Rowing club at Wilcannia on the Darling River, New South Wales

Rowing on the Darling River at Wilcannia , New South Wales

Camels with their keeper at Wilcannia during low river, New South Wales

On Culpaulin Station on the Darling River, New South Wales

Sand drifts in Menindee on the Darling River, New South Wales

Lake Menindee, New South Wales

Party of men at Lake Menindee, New South Wales

Woolshed on Moorara Station, Darling River, New South Wales

Moorara Station homestead, Darling River, New South Wales

Wentworth on the Darling River, New South Wales

The Devil's Elbow on the lower Murray River

Cliffs at the Devil's Elbow on the lower Murray River, New South Wales

The Custom House at the junction of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia

Group of Aboriginals at Chowilla Station on the lower Murray River, South Australia

Cliffs at Overland Corner on the lower Murray River, South Australia