View of the Wakool River, Murrumbidgee D…

Rare colonial engraving of the punt across the Wakool River.

Henry Talbett arrived in the Wakool area in 1836, and established a punt across the river in 1841. The ferry operated for several decades, and the crossing became known as Wakool Crossing. Talbett eventually built a store, a post office and a hotel on the site, and the small community developed into a thriving river port. In 1871, the town of Kyalite was established on the site of Wakool Crossing.

From the original edition of The Illustrated Sydney News.

References:
Gibbs & Shallard. Illustrated Sydney News. ISSN 2203-5397.

Collections:
State Library New South Wales: F8/39-40
State Library Victoria: PCINF SLVIC=1853-1872
National Library Australia: Bib ID 440095