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Quirky Facts
  • Renmark Hotel opened in 1897 as the first community owned hotel in the British Empire.
  • Ian Showell built the first commercial paddle powered houseboat on the River Murray. Launched 1961.
  • Paddle Steamer Industry holds the oldest boiler in a paddle steamer, which was built and installed in 1934 and is still in operation.
  • At 500 ha Angove’s Nanya vineyard is one of Australia’s largest.
  • Anogove’s ranks among the largest and longest running privately owned wine companies in Australia.
  • Largest Rose Garden in the South Hemisphere.
  • Chaffey Brothers were the founders of Australia’s first irrigation settlement in Renmark in 1887. Renmark was the first irrigation colony in Australia.
  • The first selection of fruit trees grown by the chaffey Brothers included the first navel orange tree brought to Australia and later on grapefruit.
  • The Paringa suspension bridge is one of only 4 still spanning the River Murray. Built in 1927 and still carries B-double trucks as part of the Sturt Highway.

 

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