The Richardson River, an inland intermittent river of the Wimmera catchment, located in the Grampians and Wimmera regions of the Australian state of Victoria. Rising on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, the Richardson River flows generally north and drains in Lake Buloke, one of a series of ephemeral lakes that, whilst they do not directly empty into a defined watercourse, they form part of the Murray River catchment of the Murray-Darling basin.

Richardson
Richardson River at Donald, December 2018
Location of the Richardson River mouth in Victoria
Native name	Larning Witjibar Wallamyer Barnunung Kurakibiyal   (Djadjawurrung) Larning Witjibar Wallamyer Barnunung Willaring   (Wemba Wemba) Barnunung  (Wergaia) Wirchilleba[1][2][3]
Location
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Region	Murray Darling Depression (IBRA), Wimmera
Local government area	Northern Grampians
Towns	Donald
Physical characteristics
Source	Great Dividing Range
• location	Mori Mori Nature Conservation Reserve
• coordinates	36°50′9.8″S 142°59′40″E
• elevation	295 m (968 ft)
Mouth	Lake Buloke
• location	north of Donald
• coordinates	36°18′25.8″S 142°56′54.4″E
• elevation	107 m (351 ft)
Length	119 km (74 mi)
Basin features
River system	Wimmera catchment
Tributaries
• right	Wallaloo Creek, Avon River (Grampians)
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Location and features

The Richardson River rises on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range in the Mori Mori Nature Conservation Reserve. The river flows in a highly meandering course generally west by north and then east by north, joined by two tributaries including the Avon River, before reaching its mouth in Lake Buloke; north of Donald. The Richardson River descends 187 metres (614 ft) over its 119-kilometre (74 mi) course.[4]

Etymology

In the indigenous Djadjawurrung and Jardwadjali languages, the river is named Larning, meaning "your camp"; Witjibar, meaning "basket grass river"; and Wallamyer with no defined meaning. In the Djadjawurrung, Jardwadjali, and Wergaia languages, the river is named Barnunung, meaning "smouldering away". In the Djadjawurrung language, the river is named Kurakibiyal with kurak meaning "sand"" and biyal meaning "red gum". In the Jardwadjali language, the river is named Willaring, with wille meaning a "common silver grey possum". And in an undefined indigenous language, the river is called Wirchilleba meaning "a dry watercourse".[1][2][3] Named after John Matthew Richardson who fell from his horse during Thomas Mitchell's 1836 expedition.

See also

• List of rivers of Victoria

References

External links

Media related to Richardson River at Wikimedia Commons

• "Wimmera-Avoca". Murray-Darling Basin Authority. Australian Government. 2014. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014.
• "Avon/Richardson River longitudinal profile" (PDF). Murray-Darling Basin Authority (PDF). Australian Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2014.
• "Wimmera". Our rivers. Environment Victoria.

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