Macalister River
| Macallister River | ||
 Macalister Bridge at Licola over the Macalister River |
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| Data | ||
| location | Victoria , Australia | |
| River system | Latrobe River | |
| Drain over | Thomson River → Latrobe River → Gippsland Lakes → Bass Strait | |
| source | Mount Howitt in the Great Dividing Range 37 ° 10 ′ 14 ″ S , 146 ° 40 ′ 2 ″ E |
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| Source height | 1550 m | |
| muzzle |
Thomson River Coordinates: 38 ° 2 ′ 19 " S , 146 ° 58 ′ 53" E 38 ° 2 ′ 19 " S , 146 ° 58 ′ 53" E |
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| Mouth height | 14 m | |
| Height difference | 1536 m | |
| Bottom slope | 8.7 ‰ | |
| length | 177 km | |
| Left tributaries | Caledonia River , Wellington River | |
| Right tributaries | Barkly River , Glenmaggie Creek, Stony Creek | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Lake Glenmaggie | |
| Medium-sized cities | Heyfield | |
| Small towns | Licola , Glenfalloch, Cheynes Bridge, Glenmaggie | |
The Macalister River is a river in central Gippsland in the Australian state of Victoria .
course
It rises on the southern slope of Mount Howitt in the Great Dividing Range and flows through the Alpine National Park to the southwest and then to the south on the western boundary of the park. North of Glenmaggie it flows into Lake Glenmaggie and then at Heyfield into the Thomson River .
Surname
The river was named by its discoverer Angus McMillan after his employer at the time.
See also
Web links
Commons : Macalister River - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing Ltd. Archerfield QLD (2007). ISBN 978-1741932324
- ↑ Eric Bird: Place Names on the Coast of Victoria . The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
