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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-12-14 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-04-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000883b.htm CA 246 corporateBody River Murray Commission Commonwealth of Australia AACR2 31 January 1917 1 January 1988 Start Place Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Location Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Conservation or Environment Advisory or Regulatory Body Resources An agreement between the states of Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia, along with the Commonwealth of Australia, led to the establishment of the River Murray Commission. The Commission consisted of representatives from the Federal Government, as well as representatives from the three states through which the Murray flows. All development and works that were carried out on the Murray River were controlled by the Commission. Eaton, John Henry Osborn (1869 - 1948)

Representative of South Australia on the Commission 1918 - 1946

 Dare, Henry Harvey (1867 - 1949)

Representative of New South Wales on the Commission 1917 - 1935

 Little, Donald James (1926 - 2026)

Deputy Commissioner, representing Victoria, on the River Murray Commission 1971 - 1974.

 McMichael, Donald Fred (1932 - 2017)

President 1973 - 1975

 Angwin, Hugh Thomas Moffitt (1888 - 1949)

Deputy-commissioner, River Murray Commission 1946-1949; Assistant constructing engineer, River Murray Works 1924-1930; Assistant resident engineer, River Murray Works, 1919-1924 [Locks 1, 9, 5]

 East, Lewis Ronald (1899 - 1994)

Representative of Victoria on the Commission 1936 - 1965

 Hill, Thomas (1867 - 1944)

Deputy Commissioner, for the Commonwealth 1917 - c1934

 Horsfall, Robert Allan (1909 - 1974)

Victorian representative 1969 - 1972

 Shaw, Ebenezer (1865 - 1943)

Victorian representative 1926

 Dridan, Julian Randal (1901 - 1982)

Commissioner representing South Australia 1947 - 1950+

 Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Commonwealth of Australia (1988 - 2007) Department of National Resources, Commonwealth of Australia (1975 - 1977)

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 'River Murray Commission', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology River Murray Commission Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Primary description of agency CA 246; The River Murray Commission. Registration of entity: 30 September 1987 Primary description of agency CA 246; The River Murray Commission. Registration of entity: 30 September 1987 National Archives of Australia 2000 RecordSearch Journal Article: River Murray Commission River Murray Commission 1935 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 7 6 224 Book: Wetlands in a dry land: more-than-human histories of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin O'Gorman, Emily Wetlands in a dry land: more-than-human histories of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin Seattle, Washington University of Washington Press 2021 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000