Rivers: Australia's worst place for drownings

By Julie Power
Updated October 2 2016 - 7:08pm, first published 12:15am
Bailey Maher, 18, of Camden, drowned in December 2015 when he went for a swim from a houseboat at a Christmas party on the Hawkesbury River. More men than women die from drowning in rivers.  Photo: Facebook
Bailey Maher, 18, of Camden, drowned in December 2015 when he went for a swim from a houseboat at a Christmas party on the Hawkesbury River. More men than women die from drowning in rivers. Photo: Facebook

When a backpacker drowns or a child's life is cut short in a swimming pool tragedy, it makes headlines – but a 10-year study reveals the deadliest and most common location for drowning is Australia's vast and often remote rivers.

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