Echuca ChronologyTimeline for Echuca Moama
| 1829 | Charles Sturt navigates the Murray- Darling River Systems | | 1838 | First Explorers pass through Echuca - Moama | | 1842 | Settlement of Echuca - Moama | | 1845 - 46 | Maidens Punt (Village) established | | 1855 | First land sale in Echuca - Major Thomas Mitchell purchases 612 High Street | | 1861 | Common School opened | | 1864 | Railway extended from Bendigo to Echuca | | 1864 | Bank of Victoria opens in Echuca | | 1865 | Echuca Wharf Built | | 1870 | Moama Village destroyed by flooding | | 1874 | Echuca 208 shool buit | | 1876 | Deniliquin - Moama Railway opened | | 1877 | Bank of NSW opens | | 1878 | Chinese Masonic Society Hall built | | 1879 | Iron Bridge linking Echuca and Moama Completed | | 1880's | Wharf extended | | 1890 | Moama becomes a separate municipality | | 1900's | Paddle steamers begin to lose favour in preference for railways | | 1906 | Major Flood | | 1916 | Major Flood | | 1953 | Echuca's Centenery | | 1960 | P.S. Adelaide purchased | | 1960 | Echuca becomes a city | | 1965 | P.S. Adelaide purchased | | 1974 | Port of Echuca (restored) opened | | 1980's | 'All The Rivers Run' filmed and puts Echuca on the international map | | 1993 | Major Flood | | 1994 | Echuca becomes a part of Shire of Campaspe | | 1996 | Major Flood | | | | | | | | | |
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