National Museum of Australia

Amy Blanch

Amy is a young artist student at the La Trobe University in Mildura. She lives with her family in Wentworth. Amy has a keen interest in and eye for photography.

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This is the junction of the Murray (back) and Darling (front) Rivers, taken from the lookout at the Junction Park

Beautiful Darling River, Junction

The Darling River, further upstream from the junction

Human vs river, Wentworth

The rivers surround Wentworth, and the neighbouring towns are used widely for sport and general pastime activities, as well as for leisurely cruises on houseboats. Here, a single wave crashes to shore from a passing speedboat and trailing skier. The shore is littered with the garbage of human activity and everyday life.

PS Ruby, Wentworth

The Paddlesteamer Ruby was built at Morgan, by David Milne in 1907, for Captain Hugh King. The Ruby was 205 tons gross, 130 feet 9 inches in length and had a beam of 18 feet 9 inches. She had a light draught of 6 feet, but she would only draw between 2 feet 6 inches and 3 feet 6 inches when fully laden with around 55 tons. This enabled her to operate on much lower river levels, when other passenger steamers were tied up.

PS Ruby, Fotherby Park

Restored Ruby floats in Fotherby Park, Wentworth

Ruby was taken off the run in the early 1930s and went through numerous changes of ownership. By 1968 she had deteriorated substantially and through the foresight of a Wentworth electrical engineer, the late Frank Fotherby, the Wentworth Rotary Club was encouraged to purchase her. She was towed to Wentworth and placed in a park opposite the wharf that she was tied up to many years before. In 1996, Rotary placed Ruby in the trusteeship of the Wentworth Shire Council. A committee made up of the local services groups and townspeople was formed to commence full restoration work.

Historical Wentworth, Fotherby Park

Fotherby Park, the home of P.S. Ruby, is directly opposite the new wharf, with Wentworth bridge in the background

Amy Blanch

Amy Blanch

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The town on two rivers, Junction

Beautiful Darling River, Junction

Human vs river, Wentworth

PS Ruby, Wentworth

PS Ruby, Fotherby Park

Historical Wentworth, Fotherby Park