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Magnificent trees droop like willows to the waters edge with evening's mildest radiance in their foliage, throwing a soft haze over the distance...' Charles Sturt 1844
Wentworth is located at the junction of Australia's two great rivers - The Murray and The Darling – and is a large and prosperous township with lots for the traveller to see and experience and is an ideal base to explore some amazing sites in the area.
Originally named Hawdon's Ford, it was surveyed in 1858 and named Wentworth in 1859 after the Australian explorer, journalist and politician William Charles Wentworth
Before the Darling River was opened up, Wentworth was the hub to which much of the wool clip was brought for shipment to either Echuca (for transport to Melbourne) or Morgan (for transport to Adelaide).
Due to the efforts of the early river explorers in the late 1850's, William Randell (Mary Ann) and Francis Cadell (Lady Augusta), the Darling river was opened-up for trade and Wentworth became the first river port of the Darling - although its early development can also be attributed to the river trade already being developed along the Murray. By the late 1880's Wentworth was Australia's busiest inland port. In 1895, 485 vessels were recorded as passing through the Customs House (31 in one week alone).
The nearby Perry Sand Hills are spectacular at sunrise or sunset so be sure to take your camera. The sand hills are about 10kms from town.
A bit over 1 hours drive from Wentworth is the awe inspiring Lake Mungo (Mungo National Park); part of the Willandra Heritage Area.
In theory it is nothing more than the remnants of an ancient lake in the middle of the NSW outback; but in reality it is one of the most significant anthropological and archaeological sites in the world.
The Lake last experienced permanent water over 10,000 years ago and has recorded continuous indigenous habitation for 40,000+ years - making it the site of the oldest known human occupation in Australia. From the lake, Aboriginal people gathered mussels, fished for Murray cod & golden perch, hunted wallabies & rat kangaroos and collected Emu eggs.
Over time, prevailing winds that blow across the dry lake bed collected sediment and deposited it on the western shore forming an elevated bank that extends almost 20km's along the side of the lake. The transposed lake bed layers of sedimentary sands and clays that form the ridge, known as ‘The Walls of China’, have in turn then been eroded by wind and rain to form the spectacular Lunette.
Mungo National Park also affords the visitor a glimpse into the European past of the area as it was an operational sheep station prior to becoming a National Park and many buildings from the era remain.
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