National Museum of Australia

Maggie Mars

Maggie loves photography and being involved in community projects such as the Wentworth Basin Bytes. She works part-time at the Wentworth Library, and is also a teacher at Coomealla TAFE.

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The grey water of the Darling and the bluer water of the Murray mingle at their junction. A commercial houseboat is visible on the Murray. Sissy and Rosie, the urban river dogs, live in Wentworth, NSW, at the junction of the Murray and Darling rivers.

Darling St. Scene, Darling Street, Wentworth

The town of Wentworth began in 1859 and had its heyday through the river trade in the 19th century. This history makes the town a pleasant place. The eastern side of the street features the former commercial bank building and two dogs.

Wentworth Wharf from the deck, Wentworth

Designed as a commercial building, the bank has a small back garden, but it overlooks the Darling River. For these dogs, this section of the river is the 'Big Garden'.

Red dust land. Renmark Road, 8 km from Wenty

At the weekends, the purpose-bought ute takes the dogs further afield. Not that fields feature much, of course. This is red dust land; the river gives it life.