Murrumbidgee River (RIVER), NSW Details
Description
A tributary of the Murray River and one of the major watercourses in NSW. About 1440 km in length. It rises near Peppercorn Hill on the E slopes of the Fiery Range. Its initial course is generally SSE for abt 120 km to about 6 km NNW of Cooma where it makes a large loop to the north. After about a further 160km in a generally northerly direction passing Canberra to the east it turns west near Burrinjuck Dam and continues generally westerly for a further 860 km untill it joins the Murray River about 43 km SSE of the Victorian town of Robinvale. Major dams are the Tantangara and the Burrinjuck. Main tributaries are the Lachlan Yass Molonglo Cotter Bredbo and Tumut Rivers. The main places along its course are Gundagai Wagga Wagga Narrandera Darlington Point Hay and Balranald.
Meaning
For: track goes down here a very good place or big water. (McCarthy; 1963).
Origin
Aboriginal.
Murrumbidgee River (RIVER), NSW
| title | Murrumbidgee River (RIVER) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 40899 |
| placename | Murrumbidgee River |
| designation | RIVER |
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| previous names | |
| lga | COOMA-MONARO |
| description | A tributary of the Murray River and one of the major watercourses in NSW. About 1440 km in length. It rises near Peppercorn Hill on the E slopes of the Fiery Range. Its initial course is generally SSE for abt 120 km to about 6 km NNW of Cooma where it makes a large loop to the north. After about a further 160km in a generally northerly direction passing Canberra to the east it turns west near Burrinjuck Dam and continues generally westerly for a further 860 km untill it joins the Murray River about 43 km SSE of the Victorian town of Robinvale. Major dams are the Tantangara and the Burrinjuck. Main tributaries are the Lachlan Yass Molonglo Cotter Bredbo and Tumut Rivers. The main places along its course are Gundagai Wagga Wagga Narrandera Darlington Point Hay and Balranald. |
| meaning | For: track goes down here a very good place or big water. (McCarthy; 1963). |
| origin | Aboriginal. |
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