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    The George Chaffey Bridge is a road bridge in Australia that carries the Sturt Highway across the Murray River from Buronga to Mildura. The previous Mildura...
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    George Chaffey (28 January 1848 – 1 March 1932) was a Canadian–born engineer, inventor and entrepreneur who with his brother William developed large parts...
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    is a town in New South Wales, Australia on the Murray River. The George Chaffey Bridge connects Buronga with Mildura, Victoria. In 2011, the town had a...
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    the highway to the south of the Murray over the George Chaffey Bridge, a high concrete-girder bridge that was opened in 1985. Between Paringa and Renmark...
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  • along the Murray. Now almost every significant town along the river has a bridge or vehicle-carrying cable ferry nearby. The crossings are listed in order...
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    areas of California. There he met George and William Chaffey. In 1886, Canadian-American irrigator George Chaffey came to Australia and selected a derelict...
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    Abbotsford Bridge is a steel Allan truss-type road bridge that carries the Silver City Highway across the Murray River, between Curlwaa in New South Wales...
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    1887, when the Renmark Irrigation Settlement was established by George and William Chaffey, who created a system of open drains using water from the Murray...
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    The Rip Bridge is a bridge that carries Maitland Bay Drive over Brisbane Water between Booker Bay and Daleys Point on the Central Coast, New South Wales...
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    first district to be established in the region was Renmark in 1887 by the Chaffey Brothers, who also established the Mildura Irrigation District in the neighbouring...
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