Brodribb River
| Brodribb | |
|---|---|
Errinundra Plateau | |
| • location | Errinundra National Park |
| • elevation | 334 m (1,096 ft) |
| Source confluence | South Branch and North Branch of the Brodribb River |
| Mouth | confluence with the Snowy River |
• location | Lake Corringle-Lake Wat Wat Wildlife Reserve |
• coordinates | 37°46′45″S 148°30′52″E / 37.77917°S 148.51444°E |
• elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
| Length | 105 km (65 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Snowy River catchment |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Ellery Creek, B A Creek, Ferntree Creek, Big River, Rich River, Tooti Creek, Jack River, Cabbage Tree Creek |
| • right | Goongerah Creek, Joy Creek, Dead Bull Creek, Dead Calf Creek, Ironbark Creek, Martin Creek (Victoria), Sardine Creek, Wild Cow Creek, Dynamite Creek, Gravelly Creek, Camp Creek (Victoria) |
| National park | Errinundra NP |
| [3][4] | |
The Brodribb River is a
Victoria
.
Course and features
Formed by the
course.[4]
An area of 17 square kilometres (6.6 sq mi) of
endangered Australasian bittern.[5]
In its upper reaches, the river is traversed on multiple occasions by the
The
East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority
.
Aboriginal massacre
At some time in 1850, 15 to 20
Gunai people were killed on the banks of the Brodribb River, a few miles south east of Orbost. The killing was reported to have been revenge for the murder of station cook Dan Dempsey, for lacing a gift of flour to local Gunai people with arsenic. The Aboriginal police were believed to have been involved in the massacre.[6]
Etymology
The river was named in honour of William Adams Brodribb,[1] an early settler.[2]
See also
References
- ^ ISSN 1833-7538.
- ^ ISBN 0-7270-0250-3., cited in Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF). The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original(PDF) on 10 February 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Archived from the originalon 12 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ a b c "Map of Brodribb River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "IBA: Lower Brodribb River". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ "Colonial Frontier Massacres in Central and Eastern Australia 1788-1930". Centre for 21st Century Humanities, University of Newcastle. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
External links
- "Snowy River sub-catchment". Government of Victoria.
- "Snowy River - Catchment Map" (map). Government of Victoria.
- East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (2013). East Gippsland regional catchment strategy 2013 -2019 (PDF). Bairnsdale: ISBN 978-0-9758164-6-2. Archived from the original(PDF) on 14 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
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