Introducing Lord Ranfurly

Ranfurly is a well known name in the Sunraysia district. In this week’s show you’ll find out where the name comes from, as we showcase Lord Ranfurly. He and the property he developed, helped put the newly opened Mildura Irrigation Colony on the map.

Old Mildura Homestead – 1890
Laying cement channel on Ranfurly estate – 1890
Site of the Ranfurly pump in recent times

Early images from the Oswald Collection courtesy of the Mildura Historical Society’

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