Boundary Bend, Victoria

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{{Infobox Australian place | type = town

| name = Boundary Bend

| state = vic

| image = Murray River at Boundary Bend.jpg

| caption = Murray River at Boundary Bend

| lga = Rural City of Swan Hill

| postcode = 3599

| est =

| pop = 132

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes = {{cite web |title=2016 Census QuickStats Boundary Bend |url=http://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC20306 |website=Australian Bureau if Statistics |access-date=24 January 2019}}

| elevation=

| coordinates = {{coord|34|43|0|S|143|09|0|E|display=inline,title}}

| use_lga_map = yes

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

| rainfall =

| stategov = Mildura

| fedgov = Mallee

| dist1 = 430

| dir1 = NW

| location1= Melbourne

| dist2 = 93

| dir2 = NW

| location2= Swan Hill

| dist3 = 49

| dir3 = SE

| location3= Robinvale

| near-nw = New South Wales

| near-n = New South Wales

| near-ne = New South Wales

| near-w = Lake Powell

| near-e = New South Wales

| near-sw = Wandown

| near-s = Kooloonong

| near-se = Narrung

}}

Boundary Bend is a town in the state of Victoria, Australia. It is near the junction of the Murray River and Murrumbidgee River. It is located about 50 kilometres east along the Murray Valley Highway from the twin towns of Robinvale in Victoria and Euston in New South Wales, about 90 km north of Swan Hill.{{Cite web |title=Boundary Bend, Victoria on the Murray River |url=http://www.murrayriver.com.au/boundary-bend |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=www.murrayriver.com.au}} At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Boundary Bend and the surrounding area had a population of 132.

The access to the junction of the two rivers is down a track off the highway. It was at this point that Captain Charles Sturt and his party of explorers first sighted the Murray River in 1830. They had travelled down the Murrumbidgee, and continued downstream along the Murray in their whaleboat.{{Cite web |title=Dictionary of Australian Biography St-Sy |url=https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks15/1500721h/0-dict-biogSt-Sy.html#sturt1 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=gutenberg.net.au}}

Boundary Bend Post Office opened on 6 April 1923.{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Boundary*Bend* | access-date = 2 April 2021 }}

For many years, there were two Paddle Steamer hulls located just underwater on the southern bank of the Murray River. These were the Canally and the Hero. Both hulls were raised and removed for restoration February 1998.{{Cite book |last=Christopher |first=Peter |title=Paddlesteamers and Riverboats of the River Murray |publisher=Axiom Publishing |year=2001 |isbn=1 86476 040 0 |edition=Revised and Enlarged}} The PS Hero was restored to operation at Echuca.

Boundary Bend is popular for its fishing and relaxed lifestyle.{{Cite web |last=Authority |first=Victorian Fisheries |date=2023-05-18 |title=Murray River |url=https://vfa.vic.gov.au/recreational-fishing/victorias-top-fishing-destinations/sunset-country/where-to-fish-sunset-country/murray-river |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=VFA |language=en-AU}}

Many returned soldiers from the First World War were allocated farming blocks to the south of the town.{{Cite web |title=Soldier settlement after the First World War {{!}} Australian War Memorial |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/learn/schools/resources/anzac-diversity/aboriginal-anzacs/soldier-settlement |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=www.awm.gov.au}}