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Tributaries of the Murrumbidgee include:
The upper Murrumbidgee was discovered in 1823 by a party of settlers led by Mark Currie, but the extent of the river was not realised until 1829, when Charles Sturt and his party rowed down the length of the river to the Murray, and then down the Murray to the sea. (They also rowed back up, against the current.) The Murrumbidgee basin was opened to settlement in the 1830s and soon became an important farming area. Important towns on the river include (from source to mouth):
Yass, Gundagai, Wagga Wagga, Narrandera, HayHay is a town in western New South Wales, Australia. Hay is located at the junction of the Sturt Highway and Mid-Western Highway. Hay is located on the north bank of the Murrumbidgee River. Hay was settled in the mid 1800s. The main activities are sheep f and BalranaldBalranald is a town and local government area in the south west of New South Wales, Australia. Balranald is located in a remote, semi-desert area. The activities include sheep farming and some areas of irrigated crop growing along the rivers. The town of. Australian rivers