What is Murray River?
{{Infobox River | name = Murray River | image =Nyah Murray River 002.JPG | image_caption = <small>The Murray at [[Nyah, Victoria]]</small> | source1_location = [[Snowy Mountains]]<ref>{{NSW GNR|id =ujjLjzsEan |title = Snowy Mountains|date = |accessdate =13 August 2013 }}</ref> | mouth = [[Goolwa, South Australia]] | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Murray-Darling Basin|Australia]] | length = 2,575 km (1,600 mi) | source1_elevation = | discharge1_avg= 767 m³/s | basin_size = 1,061,469 km² }} [[File:Darling Lachlan Murrumbidgee Murray Rivers.png|thumb|300px|The Murray is Australia's largest river]] [[File:Murray at Tom Groggin 2.jpg|thumb|250px|The Murray River in the mountains at [[Tom Groggin]]]] The '''Murray River''' is the largest river in [[Australia]]. It starts high in the [[Snowy Mountains]] and flows mainly west until it gets to the sea near [[Goolwa, South Australia]]. For much of its length it forms the boundary between [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and [[New South Wales]]. Other rivers join the Murray, the [[Darling River]], the [[Lachlan River]], the [[Murrumbidgee River]] and the [[Goulburn River]]. ==History== For thousands of years, the Murray River has been known to [[Aboriginal Australians]], who called it various names such as ''Millewa'' and ''Tongala''. The river was later called the ''Hume River'' after it was visited by [[Europe]]an explorers [[Hamilton Hume]] and [[William Hovell]] in November 1824. Explorer [[Charles Sturt]] renamed the river in January 1830 after a [[British]] [[politician]], Sir George Murray. In 1852, the government offered a bonus of $8,000 for the first [[paddlesteamer]] to reach Echuca. This was achieved by both [[William Randell]] and [[Francis Cadell]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/murray.htm |title=The River Murray |access-date=2008-08-13 |work=South Australian History |archive-date=2008-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720173501/http://www.southaustralianhistory