Yea River
| Yea | |
|---|---|
Victoria | |
| Region | South Eastern Highlands bioregion (IBRA), Northern Country/North Central |
| LGA | Murrindindi |
| Towns | Toolangi, Castella, Glenburn, Yea |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Great Dividing Range |
| • location | below Mount Tanglefoot |
| • coordinates | 37°19′56″S 145°28′27″E / 37.33222°S 145.47417°E |
| • elevation | 566 m (1,857 ft) |
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 |
| [3] | |
The Yea River, an inland
Victoria
.
Location and features
The Yea River rises in the Toolangi State Forest north-east of
course.[3]
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.[2][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.[2][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
References
- ^ a b Lloyd, Ernest Marsh (1900). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Government of Victoria. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Map of Yea River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ a b Sinnott, Nigel. Place-Names of the Alexandra, Lake Eildon and Big River Area of Victoria. Alexandra: Friends of the Alexandra Library.
- ^ "Visitor information - Yea". Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- ^ "title missing". The Sunday Age. 3 October 2010. p. 17.
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