Yea River
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| Etymology | In honour of Colonel Lacy Walter Yea[1] |
| Native name | Template:Native name checker |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
| Region | South Eastern Highlands bioregion (IBRA), Northern Country/North Central |
| LGA | Murrindindi |
| Towns | Toolangi, Castella, Glenburn, Yea |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | confluence with the Goulburn River |
• location | northwest of Yea |
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• elevation | Template:Infobox river/calcunit |
| Length | Template:Infobox river/calcunit |
Basin size | Template:Infobox river/calcunit |
| • minimum | Template:Infobox river/calcunit |
| • average | Template:Infobox river/calcunit |
| • maximum | Template:Infobox river/calcunit |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Goulburn Broken catchment, Murray-Darling basin |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Captain Creek, Rocky Creek (Victoria), Rellimeiggam Creek, Ti Tree Creek |
| • right | Katy Creek, Murrindindi River |
| Nature reserve | Murrindindi River Scenic Reserve |
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The Yea River, an inland perennial river of the Goulburn Broken catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the lower South Eastern Highlands bioregion and Northern Country/North Central regions of the Australian state of Victoria.
Location and features
The Yea River rises in the Toolangi State Forest north-east of Toolangi and northwest of Mount Tanglefoot, part of the Great Dividing Range. The river generally flows in a northerly direction, generally aligned with the Melba Highway which crosses the river in its lower reaches. The river is joined by six tributaries including the Murrindindi River, flows east and north of the town of Yea before reaching its confluence with the Goulburn River, near Ghin Ghin Bridge. The river descends 403 metres (1,322 ft) over its 74-kilometre (46 mi) course.[2]
The river is also crossed by the Goulburn Valley Highway, east of Yea.
Etymology
The suspected Aboriginal Taungurung language name for the river is Kayigai, with no clearly defined meaning. A surveyor's map of c. 1860 gives Kayigai or Muddy Creek, so it is likely that was the Aboriginal name of the river.[3][4]
The river was called Muddy Creek in 1824 by explorers Hume and Hovell because of its muddy banks. The river was renamed when or soon after the town of Muddy Creek was renamed Yea.[3][4] The river, like the town is named in honour of Colonel Lacy Walter Yea – a British Army colonel killed during the Crimean War in 1855, the year that Yea was founded.[1][5][6]
See also
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References
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- ^ a b Script error: No such module "template wrapper".
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Map of Yea River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Yea River (entry 622387)". VICNAMES. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sinnott, Nigel. Place-Names of the Alexandra, Lake Eildon and Big River Area of Victoria. Alexandra: Friends of the Alexandra Library.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Visitor information - Yea". Archived from the original on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."title missing". The Sunday Age. 3 October 2010. p. 17.
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