Mural installation with Murrabit school. Each child completed a 30 x 30cm panel

(30 in total) which will be put together and place on the Lions Park Fence

opposite Murrabit Country Market. The theme is what is it that makes living in

Murrabit special.

"Wood Wood River Mural" 2.5mt x 1.5mt To see more Murals click here

River Mural

Aboriginal Dreamtime Creation Story of the Murray River is about a Murray cod, the Waddi Waddi people (local aboriginal) call him Otjout.  Otjout

digged his way through the Mallee dirt escaping from Totyerguil (local name for the hunter).  As Otjout channelled his way forward he created the

navigation of the Murray River all the way to South Australia where Totyerguil lost Otjout in a large water hole.

Each time Totyerguil caught up with Otjout he threw a spear at him; this created the spines of the Murray cod.  Each night Totyerguil would place his

paddle and canoe in the river bank, they created the Murray Pine and River Red Gums.  They are also the very trees still used to make paddles

(Murray Pine) and canoes (River Red Gums).
Totyerguils’ boomerang is also pictured in the night sky.
The indigenous people fished and hunted on the river, amongst fish and other animals they caught Murray Cray and Long Neck Turtle.  Women wove

fishing nets from reeds and reeds were used as spears.
The Murray River and Red Gum Forests host many animals including water birds and the rare Bush Stone Curlew.
The Local residents of Wood Wood are proud of their settler history. Pictured here are; The Wine Shades (aprox 1900’s), General Store (aprox 1970),

Church (aprox 1950), School House (aprox 1933).

The Murray River has a long romantic history with Paddle Steamers; Wood Wood is no different, being a hustling town in its time.  Today the town is

a quiet, beautiful place to live.  Tourist camp in the forests and fishing is popular.  Reminders of indigenous habitation are in the form of middens

and canoe trees.

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The Wood Wood Murals.

Commissioned by the community

of Wood Wood to enhance

the river frontage. Outside

installation, river frontage,

near toilet block, Wood Wood.

Errected March 2010.

CMA Funded.

"Wood Wood Mallee Mural" 2.5mt x 1.5mt To see more Murals click here

Mallee Mural

Here in Wood Wood Mallee Country meets River Country.  The indigenous people, Waddi Waddi could move between the Mallee and the River to find their food.
In the Mallee they could hunt animals such as kangaroo, emu and goanna.  They also collected seeds and fruits to eat and trade.
The Mallee is rich with life; including many species of parrots.
An interesting feature in the landscape, left from the early settlers, is the Flume.  The Flume, which resembles a high rise train crossing, carried water from across

dips in the land, from high Mallee rise to high Mallee rise.
The earlier settlers soon established horticulture in the Mallee which continues today.  Most popular are cereal cropping, wine and table grapes, stone fruit and

oranges.