Daily Mail | Forget sharks, jagged rocks and wild surf: More Australians die swimming in ... Daily Mail Over the past decade 735 people lost their lives drowning in rivers, creeks and streams, with 46 percent of those incidents occurring in regional or remote areas. Released on Wednesday in the Royal Lifesaving Society's Drowning Death in Australian Rivers: ... Murrumbidgee sixth worst river in Australia for drownings: report Our beautiful but deadly Swan River Territory tops list of river deaths |