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Abercrombie River, a perennial river that is part of the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the central west of New South Wales, Australia.

Abercrombie River
Location in New South Wales Show map of New South Wales Abercrombie River (Australia) Show map of Australia
Etymology	named by John Thomas Bigge[1]
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
IBRA	South Eastern Highlands
District	Central West
Municipalities	Upper Lachlan, Oberon Shire
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	near Mount Werong village
• elevation	1,130 m (3,710 ft)
2nd source	Lachlan River
• location	Wyangala Dam
• coordinates	33.919976°S 149.025285°E / -33.919976; 149.025285
• elevation	375 m (1,230 ft)
Length	130 km (81 mi)
Basin features
River system	Murray–Darling basin
Tributaries
• left	Burra Burra Creek, Bolong River, Copperhannia Creek
• right	Isabella River, Tuena Creek, Meglo Creek, Piesleys Creek
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Course

The river rises to the east of the village of Mount Werong and generally flows westward towards its confluence with the Lachlan River at Wyangala Dam near Cowra.[1] The river flows through freehold land as well as the Abercrombie River National Park, and provides habitat for platypus and rakali,[3] dropping 758 metres (2,487 ft) over its course of 130 kilometres (81 mi).[2]

The Abercrombie River is the furthest east of the inland flowing rivers.^{[citation needed]}

History

The original inhabitants of the land alongside the river were Australian Aborigines of the Wiradjuri or Gundungara clans, which may have used the river as a trading route.[4]

The first European to discover the watercourse was explorer Charles Throsby on 5 May 1819, during an expedition from Sydney to the central west of New South Wales. The river was named by Commissioner John Thomas Bigge on 22 October 1820.[1]

Alluvial gold was discovered in and along the river in 1851, inspiring a minor gold rush hampered by the ruggedness of the terrain and the periodic depths of the waterway.[5] Early miners recovered up to 3 oz (85 g) of gold a day along the river,[6] and by 1862 between forty and fifty mining parties were at work at Milburne Creek, a minor tributary of the Abercrombie.[7]

The Goulburn-Oberon Road crosses the Abercrombie River in the steep-sided Abercrombie Gorge.

See also

• List of rivers of Australia
• List of rivers of New South Wales (A-K)
• Rivers of New South Wales

References

External links

• "Lachlan River catchment" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales.

На других языках

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[de] Abercrombie River

Der Abercrombie River ist ein Fluss in der Mitte des australischen Bundesstaates New South Wales.

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- [en] Abercrombie River

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