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Lachlan River (RIVER), NSW Details
History
Wiradhuri and Ngiyambaa Aborigines knew it as Galiyarr. (Appleton; 1992).
Description
A watercourse about 1500 km long (Australian Encyclopedia). It rises at its junction with Hannans Creek and Mutmutbilly Creek about 25 km W of the City of Goulburn. It flows generally NW by NWSW passing through the towns of CowraForbesCondobolin into the Murrumbidgee River at Great Cumbungi Swamp.
Origin
LACHLAN RIVER - So named after Governor Macquarie P. 5-6. (Infor. from The First 100 Years of Forbes C.D. Rath) RAHS Vol 1 P. 156.
Lachlan River (RIVER), NSW
| title | Lachlan River (RIVER) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 31898 |
| placename | Lachlan River |
| designation | RIVER |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | Western Branch; Branch of Lachlan River; Deadmans Creek & Boorungullen Chain; Mutbilly Creek |
| lga | BOOROWA |
| description | A watercourse about 1500 km long (Australian Encyclopedia). It rises at its junction with Hannans Creek and Mutmutbilly Creek about 25 km W of the City of Goulburn. It flows generally NW by NWSW passing through the towns of CowraForbesCondobolin into the Murrumbidgee River at Great Cumbungi Swamp. |
| meaning | |
| origin | LACHLAN RIVER - So named after Governor Macquarie P. 5-6. (Infor. from The First 100 Years of Forbes C.D. Rath) RAHS Vol 1 P. 156. |
| history | Wiradhuri and Ngiyambaa Aborigines knew it as Galiyarr. (Appleton; 1992). |
