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Murrumbidgee

NOUN
  1. a river of southeastern Australia; flows westward into the Murray River

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  • At the first election for a Legislative Assembly in 1856 he was returned for the electorate of Murrumbidgee.
  • AFTER a ten-year drought, farmers along the Murrumbidgee River now face ruin from a devastating flood.
  • The whaler spent his time moving up and down the Murrumbidgee River.
  • On the Murrumbidgee River, especially on the lower parts [in the Riverina district of south-central and southwestern New South Wales], rumours of the existence of this animal are more than usually rife, and there the aborigines far and wide describe the animal as inhabiting the waters. Archive 2009-03-01
  • Murrumbidgee, in Australia, saw two emus in the act of swimming. Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
  • There's no way he can cross it, unless I dry up the Murrumbidgee-bloody-river well, this is a few years into the future, so who knows? Silliness galore
  • The Murrumbidgee is a big tributary of the Murray. The Economist: Correspondent's diary
  • The Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers, their tributaries and catchments are at the heart of a national research project to improve water sustainability.
  • Her owner, on his maiden voyage, was all duck trousers; the captain, distinguished for the enormous yachtsman's cap he wore, was a Murrumbidgee [Footnote: The Murrumbidgee is a small river winding among the mountains of Australia, and would be the last place in which to look for a whale.] whaler before he took command of the _Akbar_; and the navigating officer, poor fellow, was almost as deaf as a post, and nearly as stiff and immovable as a post in the ground. Sailing Alone Around the World
  • The bush upon which it grows is a salsolaceous bramble [Note 72: Nitraria Australis], and is found in large quantities on the saline flats, bordering some parts of the Murrumbidgee and Murray rivers; and along the low parts of the southern coast, immediately behind the ridges bounding the sea shore. An account of the manners and customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans, by Edward John Eyre
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