Abercrombie River

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Abercrombie River
Abercrombie River

Abercrombie River

Data
location New South Wales , Australia
River system Murray River
Drain over Lachlan River  → Murrumbidgee River  → Murray River  → Indian Ocean
source Mount Werong ( Kanangra Boyd National Park )
34 ° 5 ′ 59 ″  S , 149 ° 56 ′ 40 ″  E
Source height 1130  m
muzzle Lake Wyangala ( Lachlan River ) Coordinates: 33 ° 54 ′ 23 "  S , 149 ° 3 ′ 15"  E 33 ° 54 ′ 23 "  S , 149 ° 3 ′ 15"  E
Mouth height 375  m
Height difference 755 m
Bottom slope 4.1 ‰
length 186 km
Left tributaries Burra Burra Creek, Bolong River , Tuena Creek, Meglo Creek
Right tributaries Isabella River , Copperhannie Creek, Piesleys Creek
Reservoirs flowed through Lake Wyangala
Small towns Abercrombie
Bridge over the river on the course of the Goulburn to Oberon road

Bridge over the river on the course of the Goulburn to Oberon road

The Abercrombie River is a river in the middle of the Australian state of New South Wales .

course

It rises on the southern slopes of Mount Werong in the southwest of Kanangra Boyd National Park , flows west, flows into Lake Wyangala at Cowra and thus into the Lachlan River .

The 130 km long river flows through private land as well as the Abercrombie River National Park and provides habitat for the platypus and the golden-bellied swimming rat . The road from Goulburn to Oberon crosses the river in the narrow Abercrombie Gorge .

history

The first inhabitants of the country on the river banks were the Aborigines of the Wiradjuri - or Gundungara tribe, who probably used the Abercrombie River as a trade route.

The first European to discover the watercourse was Charles Throsby on May 5, 1819 , when he went on an expedition from Sydney to the western center of New South Wales. Gold was discovered in and around the river in 1851 and led to a small gold rush, which was hampered by the inaccessibility of the land and the sometimes deep river course. Early prospectors found up to 3 ounces of gold per day on the river and by 1862 there were already 40-50 prospectors groups on Milburne Creek , a nearby, small tributary of the Lachlan River.

See also

Web links

Commons : Abercrombie River  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Map of Abercrombie River, NSW . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ A b Geographical Names Register: Abercrombie River . Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. (July 2009) ( Memento from June 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Abercrombie River National Park . NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. (July 2009)
  4. ↑ Abercrombie River National Park: Culture and History . NSW Department of Environment an Climate Change (2009)
  5. ↑ THE WENTWORTH DIGGINGS ( Memento from July 19, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  6. ↑ THE GOLD FIELDS ( Memento from July 15, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  7. ↑ NEW SOUTH WALES ( Memento from July 11, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )