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The following is a comprehensive list of Canals / Locks constructed for inland passage or irrigation, not only Important Infrastructure for our Inland Waterways & Transport links they are often Iconic Landmarks & Attractions in their own right.
Canals / Locks are a Sub Category of Infrastructure / Landmark.



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Coode’s Yarra River Canal c 1886

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Category: Canal | Lock, Historical POI's 1881-1900, Historical, Infrastructure | Landmark, and Site | Infrastructure
The Yarra River once swung in an elegant loop that was surrounded by pristine swamps full of bird life.  John Batman described this stunning landscape in his journal of exploration dated in the year 1835: ” . . . We then made the Rim, I had gone up a few days [?] intending to come on the opposite side of the River and Read more…

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The Entrance c 1889 – Lakes Entrance, Gippsland, VIC

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Category: Breakwater, Canal | Lock, Historical POI's 1881-1900, Historical, Infrastructure | Landmark, and Site | Infrastructure
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Located some 320 km east of Melbourne, the Gippsland Lakes are the largest inland lake system in Australia, stretching over some 400 square kilometres.  The network of shallow lakes, marshes and lagoons are collectively fed by the Avon, Thomson, Latrobe, Mitchell, Nicholson and Tambo Rivers. Basically, the lakes system is a culmination of river deltas partitioned from the ocean by a long, relatively narrow coastal dune known Read more…

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The Sale Canal c 1890, Sale, Gippsland, VIC

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The transport of goods and passengers within the Gippsland region, as well as from Melbourne to Gippsland was a major hurdle in opening Gippsland, and all its riches, to Melbourne and beyond . . . Surrounded by mountains to the east and swamps to the west, an easy overland route was barely navigable in those early years. ” . . . The Read more…