Historical information
This photograph shows a punt (with a dingy tied to it ) moored to the wharf structure on the Murray river at Echuca. Punts were used to transport people and goods from one side of the river to the other.
Significance
Punts were used to cross the Murray river at many spots before bridges were built. Henry Hopwood set up his initial business with punts across the Murray and Campaspe rivers, charging people, animals and vehicles to cross the rivers.
Physical description
Colour photograph of a punt tied to the port structure, seen through the foliage of gums on the river bank.
Inscriptions & markings
On reverse:" This paper manufactured by Kodak"
