MOAMA
Moama is the next Murray River town
visited after Picola and Barmah. Moama is the poor cousin to Echuca on
the Victorian side of the Murray River. Pre the pokies reform and the
liquor trading laws, Moama was an NSW boom community. Moama and Echuca
now share common community objectives. That said both communities are
fiercely loyal to their stateism; hence the separate synopsis. 
The settlement where Moama now stands was founded by
James Maiden in the mid 1840s, beginning as a stopping-point for stock
and cargo waiting to cross the Murray River by punt. Maiden arrived in
the district in 1840; he had been hired to care take Jeffries' station
about 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the junction of the Campaspe River
and the Murray River.
Moama retains some
impressive historical buildings (circa 1880's), namely the Moama Court
House on Francis Street, the former New South Wales Police Force
Sergeants official residence in Chanter Street, and the former Bank of
New South Wales adjacent to the railway lines on Meninya Street.
The Moama Hotel is a
survivor of the earlier boom years.
The Moama War Memorial is
at the southern approaches of Moama. 
The Moama Churches are of
the modern era. 
For the traveler Moama can
be a stopover consideration.
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