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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Australia_Victoria_relief_location_map.jpg/240px-Australia_Victoria_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Australia_Victoria_relief_location_map.jpg/360px-Australia_Victoria_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Australia_Victoria_relief_location_map.jpg/480px-Australia_Victoria_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1375" data-file-height="967" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:79.015%;left:66.87%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Thomson River (Victoria)"><img alt="Thomson River (Victoria)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of the Thomson River <a href="/wiki/Mouth_(river)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mouth (river)">mouth</a> in <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Etymology</th><td class="infobox-data">In honour of Sir <a href="/wiki/Edward_Deas_Thomson" title="Edward Deas Thomson">Edward Thomson</a><sup id="cite_ref-blake_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blake-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vicnames4_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vicnames4-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Native name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="Kurnai-language text"><i lang="unn">Tambo</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Kurnai_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurnai language">Kurnai</a>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-vicnames1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vicnames1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><span title="Kurnai-language text"><i lang="unn">Carrang-carrang</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Kurnai_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurnai language">Kurnai</a>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-vicnames2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vicnames2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><span title="Kurnai-language text"><i lang="unn">Carran-carran</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Kurnai_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurnai language">Kurnai</a>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-vicnames3_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vicnames3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Location</th></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_East_Coastal_Plain" title="South East Coastal Plain">South East Coastal Plain</a> (<a href="/wiki/Interim_Biogeographic_Regionalisation_for_Australia" title="Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia">IBRA</a>), <a href="/wiki/West_Gippsland" title="West Gippsland">West Gippsland</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Australia" title="Local government in Australia">Local government area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Wellington" title="Shire of Wellington">Shire of Wellington</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settlements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Heyfield,_Victoria" title="Heyfield, Victoria">Heyfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sale,_Victoria" title="Sale, Victoria">Sale</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Physical characteristics</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Source</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Baw_Baw_National_Park" title="Baw Baw National Park">Baw Baw Plateau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Great_Dividing_Range" title="Great Dividing Range">Great Dividing Range</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data">near Newlands</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Thomson_River_(Victoria)&params=37_44_45_S_146_10_42_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°44′45″S</span> <span class="longitude">146°10′42″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.74583°S 146.17833°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-37.74583; 146.17833</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • elevation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">972 m (3,189 ft)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/River_mouth" title="River mouth">Mouth</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Confluence" title="Confluence">confluence</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Latrobe_River" title="Latrobe River">Latrobe River</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • location</div></th><td class="infobox-data">near <a href="/wiki/Sale,_Victoria" title="Sale, Victoria">Sale</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Thomson_River_(Victoria)&params=38_8_45_S_147_5_11_E_type:river"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°8′45″S</span> <span class="longitude">147°5′11″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.14583°S 147.08639°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-38.14583; 147.08639</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • elevation</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2 m (6 ft 7 in)</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">170 km (110 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Basin size</th><td class="infobox-data">10,855.2 km<sup>2</sup> (4,191.2 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-East_Coastal_Watersheds_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-East_Coastal_Watersheds-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discharge</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Near mouth</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • average</span></th><td class="infobox-data">102.05 m<sup>3</sup>/s (3,220 GL/a)<sup id="cite_ref-East_Coastal_Watersheds_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-East_Coastal_Watersheds-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Basin features</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">River system</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Gippsland" title="West Gippsland">West Gippsland</a> catchment</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tributaries</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • left</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Matlock Creek, <a href="/wiki/Jordan_River_(Victoria)" title="Jordan River (Victoria)">Jordan River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aberfeldy_River" title="Aberfeldy River">Aberfeldy River</a>, Stringers Creek, Lammers Creek, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoney_Creek_(Victoria)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stoney Creek (Victoria) (page does not exist)">Stoney Creek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macalister_River" title="Macalister River">Macalister River</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><sup id="cite_ref-bonzle_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bonzle-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Thomson River</b>, a <a href="/wiki/Perennial_stream" class="mw-redirect" title="Perennial stream">perennial river</a> of the <a href="/wiki/West_Gippsland" title="West Gippsland">West Gippsland</a> catchment, is located in the <a href="/wiki/Gippsland" title="Gippsland">Gippsland</a> region of the <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australian</a> state of <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location_and_features">Location and features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomson_River_(Victoria)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Location and features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Thomson River rises below Newlands at the north western end of the <a href="/wiki/Baw_Baw_National_Park" title="Baw Baw National Park">Baw Baw Plateau</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Dividing_Range" title="Great Dividing Range">Great Dividing Range</a>, where it shares a watershed with the <a href="/wiki/Yarra_River" title="Yarra River">Yarra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tanjil_River" title="Tanjil River">Tanjil</a> rivers. From its source, the river flows generally north, then east, then south southeast through its impoundment, then southeast, then east, and finally east by south, joined by seventeen <a href="/wiki/Tributary" title="Tributary">tributaries</a> including the <a href="/wiki/Jordan_River_(Victoria)" title="Jordan River (Victoria)">Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aberfeldy_River" title="Aberfeldy River">Aberfeldy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Macalister_River" title="Macalister River">Macalister</a> rivers, before reaching its <a href="/wiki/Confluence" title="Confluence">confluence</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Latrobe_River" title="Latrobe River">Latrobe River</a> near <a href="/wiki/Sale,_Victoria" title="Sale, Victoria">Sale</a>. The river descends 970 metres (3,180 ft) over its 170-kilometre (110 mi) <a href="/wiki/Watercourse" class="mw-redirect" title="Watercourse">course</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bonzle_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bonzle-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Thomson Valley was intensively mined for gold during the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Prospector "Ned" Stringer discovered significant quantities of alluvial gold at the junction of what is now known as Stringers Creek. A short distance up that creek the gold mining township of <a href="/wiki/Walhalla,_Victoria" title="Walhalla, Victoria">Walhalla</a> was established. The first person to walk the entire length of the river was <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ronald_Le_Sage&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ronald Le Sage (page does not exist)">Ronald Le Sage</a>, father of <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Pacifist_Fellowship#Australia" title="Anglican Pacifist Fellowship">David Le Sage</a>, who explored its viability for a cattle droving route in 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The river is impounded not far below its source by the <a href="/wiki/Thomson_Dam" title="Thomson Dam">Thomson Dam</a>, creating Thomson Reservoir. The reservoir provides around 70% of Melbourne's water storage and supplies about 30% of Melbourne's water needs.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This takes about 50% of the river's natural flow, which places a great environmental stress downstream. It particularly affects the <a href="/wiki/Gippsland_Lakes" title="Gippsland Lakes">Gippsland Lakes</a>, which include Lake Wellington, Lake Victoria and Lake King. This area has international significance as a <a href="/wiki/Ramsar_Convention" title="Ramsar Convention">Ramsar</a> listed wetland site.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Near the town of <a href="/wiki/Cowwarr,_Victoria" title="Cowwarr, Victoria">Cowwarr</a> it is also impounded on a smaller scale at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cowwarr_Weir&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cowwarr Weir (page does not exist)">Cowwarr Weir</a>, supplying water for an irrigated farming district. Immediately below the Cowwarr Weir, the river has since the 1950s split into two channels, with the newer southern channel known as Rainbow Creek. Rainbow Creek was formed in June 1952 after floodwaters were blocked by a bridge on the Thomson River's main channel and cut a new path, which rejoins the original channel a few kilometres downstream.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has since been widened and deepened by subsequent floods, becoming a permanent waterway cutting through existing farms. Conflict between farmers and the state government regarding land rates paid on land affected by the new waterway led to the establishment of a micronation known as the <a href="/wiki/Independent_State_of_Rainbow_Creek" title="Independent State of Rainbow Creek">Independent State of Rainbow Creek</a> in the late 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diversion_tunnel">Diversion tunnel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomson_River_(Victoria)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Diversion tunnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Thomson_River_Diversion_Tunnel" title="Thomson River Diversion Tunnel">Thomson River Diversion Tunnel</a></div> <p>The 170-metre (560 ft) <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Heritage_Register" title="Victorian Heritage Register">Victorian heritage-listed</a> diversion tunnel is located on the river near its junction with Coopers Creek (and the locality of <a href="/wiki/Platina_railway_station,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Platina railway station, Victoria">Platina</a>), approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south-west of <a href="/wiki/Walhalla,_Victoria" title="Walhalla, Victoria">Walhalla</a>. Tunnelling commenced in August 1911 and was completed around October 1912; making the diversion tunnel one of thirteen river diversions surviving from the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_gold_rush" title="Victorian gold rush">Victorian gold rush</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VHD_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VHD-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomson_River_(Victoria)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Aboriginal <a href="/wiki/Brataualung_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Brataualung language">Brataualung language</a> the river is given two names: <span title="Kurnai-language text"><i lang="unn">Tambo</i></span>, with no defined meaning,<sup id="cite_ref-vicnames1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vicnames1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <span title="Kurnai-language text"><i lang="unn">Carrang-carrang</i></span> or <span title="Kurnai-language text"><i lang="unn">Carrang-carrang</i></span>, meaning "<a href="/wiki/Brackish_water" title="Brackish water">brackish water</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-vicnames2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vicnames2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vicnames3_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vicnames3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The river was given its English name in 1840 by the colonial <a href="/wiki/Pastoralism" title="Pastoralism">pastoralist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angus_McMillan" title="Angus McMillan">Angus McMillan</a>, in honour of Sir <a href="/wiki/Edward_Deas_Thomson" title="Edward Deas Thomson">Edward Thomson</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_of_New_South_Wales" title="Chief Secretary of New South Wales">Chief Secretary</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_South_Wales" title="Colony of New South Wales">Colony of New South Wales</a>, based in Sydney.<sup id="cite_ref-blake_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blake-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vicnames4_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vicnames4-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomson_River_(Victoria)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Huguenot Society of Australia Incorporated.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=New+Tapestry%3A+Australian+Huguenot+Families&rft.pub=Huguenot+Society+of+Australia+Incorporated&rft.date=2015&rft.aulast=Nash&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomson+River+%28Victoria%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLe_Sage2020" class="citation book cs1">Le Sage, David (2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/238887763?selectedversion=NBD66894892"><i>Refugees for God: a Genealogy of the Le Sage Family (with Additional Genealogies of the Williams, Totenhöfer, Wallace and Carlsen Families)</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Refugees+for+God%3A+a+Genealogy+of+the+Le+Sage+Family+%28with+Additional+Genealogies+of+the+Williams%2C+Totenh%C3%B6fer%2C+Wallace+and+Carlsen+Families%29&rft.date=2020&rft.aulast=Le+Sage&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftrove.nla.gov.au%2Fwork%2F238887763%3Fselectedversion%3DNBD66894892&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomson+River+%28Victoria%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPremier_of_Victoria2010" class="citation pressrelease cs1">Premier of Victoria (24 October 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110219141759/http://www.wgcma.vic.gov.au/the-news/media-releases/213-all-water-returned-to-the-yarra-and-thomson-rivers.html">"All Water Returned to the Yarra and Thomson Rivers"</a> (Press release). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wgcma.vic.gov.au/the-news/media-releases/213-all-water-returned-to-the-yarra-and-thomson-rivers.html">the original</a> on 19 February 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 February</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=All+Water+Returned+to+the+Yarra+and+Thomson+Rivers&rft.date=2010-10-24&rft.au=Premier+of+Victoria&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wgcma.vic.gov.au%2Fthe-news%2Fmedia-releases%2F213-all-water-returned-to-the-yarra-and-thomson-rivers.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomson+River+%28Victoria%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.envict.org.au/inform.php?menu=7&submenu=221&item=506">Environment Victoria - Thomson River</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">[<i>Thomson River Coats Flats with Rubble and Shale</i> - Gippsland Times 26 Jun 1952 p.1 <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/6108788">https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/6108788</a>]</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">[<i>Will Thomson River Become Another Eroded Avon?</i> - Gippsland Times 26 Jun 1952 p.2]</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pressreader.com/australia/warragul-drouin-gazette/20200714/281767041523003">Warragul-Drouin Gazette, 14 Jul 2020</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-VHD-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-VHD_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/places/result_detail/10756?print=true">"Thomson River Diversion Tunnel, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H1990, Heritage Overlay Number HO261"</a>. <i>Victorian Heritage Database</i>. 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title="Franklin River (Victoria)">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_River_(Wellington,_Victoria)" title="Jack River (Wellington, Victoria)">Jack (Wellington)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_River_(Victoria)" title="Jordan River (Victoria)">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latrobe_River" title="Latrobe River">Latrobe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_River_(Avon,_West_Gippsland)" title="Little River (Avon, West Gippsland)">Little (Avon)</a></li> <li>Little Toorongo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loch_River" title="Loch River">Loch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macalister_River" title="Macalister River">Macalister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moe_River_(Australia)" title="Moe River (Australia)">Moe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morwell_River" title="Morwell River">Morwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_River_(Victoria)" title="Perry River (Victoria)">Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powlett_River" title="Powlett River">Powlett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanjil_River" title="Tanjil 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<li>Berrys</li> <li>Blackall</li> <li>Boggy (Wellington)</li> <li>Bruthen</li> <li>Coalition</li> <li>Eaglehawk</li> <li>Fiddlers</li> <li>Fish</li> <li>Flynns</li> <li>Foster</li> <li>Freestone</li> <li>Glenmaggie</li> <li>Merrimans</li> <li>Middle (Latrobe)</li> <li>Monkey</li> <li>Narracan</li> <li>Nine Mile (South Gippsland)</li> <li>Rainbow</li> <li>Rintoul</li> <li>Screw</li> <li>Shady (Baw Baw)</li> <li>Traralgon</li> <li>Waterhole</li> <li>Wilkur</li> <li>Valencia</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lakes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Rock_Dam" title="Blue Rock Dam">Blue Rock Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenmaggie_Dam" title="Glenmaggie Dam">Lake Glenmaggie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gippsland_Lakes" title="Gippsland Lakes">Gippsland Lakes</a> <ul><li>Lake Coleman</li> <li>Lake Reeve</li> <li>Lake Wellington</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomson_Dam" title="Thomson Dam">Thomson Reservoir</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomson_River_Diversion_Tunnel" title="Thomson River Diversion Tunnel">Thomson River Diversion Tunnel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">East Gippsland catchment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ada_River_(East_Gippsland,_Victoria)" title="Ada River (East Gippsland, Victoria)">Ada (East Gippsland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arte_River" title="Arte River">Arte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Back_River_(Victoria)" title="Back River (Victoria)">Back</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lake_Barracoota" title="Lake Barracoota">Lake Barracoota</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bemm_River" title="Bemm River">Bemm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bendoc_River" title="Bendoc River">Bendoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benedore_River" title="Benedore River">Benedore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berrima_River" title="Berrima River">Berrima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betka_River" title="Betka River">Betka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_River_(Brodribb_River,_Victoria)" title="Big River (Brodribb River, Victoria)">Big (Brodribb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonang_River" title="Bonang River">Bonang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brodribb_River" title="Brodribb River">Brodribb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buchan_River" title="Buchan River">Buchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cann_River" title="Cann River">Cann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cann_River_East_Branch" title="Cann River East Branch">Cann River East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combienbar_River" title="Combienbar River">Combienbar</a></li> <li><i>Lake Corringle</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crooked_River_(Victoria)" title="Crooked River (Victoria)">Crooked</a></li> <li><i>Lake Curlip</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dargo_River" title="Dargo River">Dargo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deddick_River" title="Deddick River">Deddick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delegate_River" title="Delegate River">Delegate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dry_River_(Victoria)" title="Dry River (Victoria)">Dry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Errinundra_River" title="Errinundra River">Errinundra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genoa_River" title="Genoa River">Genoa</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gippsland_Lakes" title="Gippsland Lakes">Gippsland Lakes</a></i> <ul><li><i>Lake King</i></li> <li><i>Lake Victoria (East Gippsland)</i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goolengook_River" title="Goolengook River">Goolengook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartland_River" title="Hartland River">Hartland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humffray_River" title="Humffray River">Humffray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingeegoodbee_River" title="Ingeegoodbee River">Ingeegoodbee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_River_(East_Gippsland,_Victoria)" title="Jack River (East Gippsland, Victoria)">Jack (East Gippsland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_River_(Moroka_River,_Victoria)" title="Little River (Moroka River, Victoria)">Little (Moroka)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_River_(Snowy_River_National_Park)" title="Little River (Snowy River National Park)">Little (Snowy River NP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_River_(Sydenham_Inlet,_East_Gippsland)" title="Little River (Sydenham Inlet, East Gippsland)">Little (Sydenham Inlet)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_River_(Tambo_River,_East_Gippsland,_Victoria)" title="Little River (Tambo River, East Gippsland, Victoria)">Little (Tambo)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Arte_River" title="Little Arte River">Little Arte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Dargo_River" title="Little Dargo River">Little Dargo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Goolengook_River" title="Little Goolengook River">Little Goolengook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Yalmy_River" title="Little Yalmy River">Little Yalmy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKenzie_River_(Victoria)" title="McKenzie River (Victoria)">McKenzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_River_(Victoria)" title="Mitchell River (Victoria)">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moroka_River" title="Moroka River">Moroka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mueller_River_(Victoria)" title="Mueller River (Victoria)">Mueller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murrindal_River" title="Murrindal River">Murrindal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholson_River_(Victoria)" title="Nicholson River (Victoria)">Nicholson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensborough_River" title="Queensborough River">Queensborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_River_(Victoria)" title="Red River (Victoria)">Red</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rich_River" title="Rich River">Rich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_River_(Victoria)" title="Rocky River (Victoria)">Rocky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodger_River" title="Rodger River">Rodger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Patricks_River" title="Saint Patricks River">Saint Patricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snowy_River" title="Snowy River">Snowy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suggan_Buggan_River" title="Suggan Buggan River">Suggan Buggan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tambo_River_(Victoria)" title="Tambo River (Victoria)">Tambo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurra_River" title="Thurra River">Thurra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timbarra_River_(Victoria)" title="Timbarra River (Victoria)">Timbarra</a></li> <li><i>Lake Tyers</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallagaraugh_River" title="Wallagaraugh River">Wallagaraugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wentworth_River_(Victoria)" title="Wentworth River (Victoria)">Wentworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wingan_River" title="Wingan River">Wingan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wongungarra_River" title="Wongungarra River">Wongungarra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wonnangatta_River" title="Wonnangatta River">Wonnangatta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yalmy_River" title="Yalmy River">Yalmy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeerung_River" title="Yeerung River">Yeerung</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">West Gippsland catchment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberfeldy_River" title="Aberfeldy River">Aberfeldy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ada_River_(Baw_Baw,_Victoria)" title="Ada River (Baw Baw, Victoria)">Ada (Baw Baw)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agnes_River_(Australia)" title="Agnes River (Australia)">Agnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_River_(Victoria)" title="Albert River (Victoria)">Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avon_River_(Gippsland,_Victoria)" title="Avon River (Gippsland, Victoria)">Avon (Wellington)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barkly_River_(Victoria)" title="Barkly River (Victoria)">Barkly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caledonia_River" title="Caledonia River">Caledonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carey_River" title="Carey River">Carey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darby_River" title="Darby River">Darby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolodrook_River" title="Dolodrook River">Dolodrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_River_(Victoria)" title="Franklin River (Victoria)">Franklin</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gippsland_Lakes" title="Gippsland Lakes">Gippsland Lakes</a></i> <ul><li><i>Lake Coleman</i></li> <li><i>Lake Reeve</i></li> <li><i>Lake Wellington</i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Glenmaggie_Dam" title="Glenmaggie Dam">Lake Glenmaggie</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_River_(Wellington,_Victoria)" title="Jack River (Wellington, Victoria)">Jack (Wellington)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_River_(Victoria)" title="Jordan River (Victoria)">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latrobe_River" title="Latrobe River">Latrobe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_River_(Avon,_West_Gippsland)" title="Little River (Avon, West Gippsland)">Little (Avon)</a></li> <li>Little Toorongo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loch_River" title="Loch River">Loch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macalister_River" title="Macalister River">Macalister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moe_River_(Australia)" title="Moe River (Australia)">Moe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morwell_River" title="Morwell River">Morwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_River_(Victoria)" title="Perry River (Victoria)">Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powlett_River" title="Powlett River">Powlett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanjil_River" title="Tanjil River">Tanjil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarra_River_(Victoria)" title="Tarra River (Victoria)">Tarra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarwin_River" title="Tarwin River">Tarwin</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Thomson</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thomson_Dam" title="Thomson Dam">Thomson Reservoir</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tidal_River_(Victoria)" title="Tidal River (Victoria)">Tidal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toorongo_River" title="Toorongo River">Toorongo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turton_River" title="Turton River">Turton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyers_River" title="Tyers River">Tyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_River" title="Wellington River">Wellington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Melbourne Water catchment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bass_River_(Victoria)" title="Bass River (Victoria)">Bass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunyip_River" title="Bunyip River">Bunyip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dandenong_Creek" title="Dandenong Creek">Dandenong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_River_(Victoria)" title="Don River (Victoria)">Don</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lang_Lang_River" title="Lang Lang River">Lang Lang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lerderderg_River" title="Lerderderg River">Lerderderg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_River_(Greater_Geelong)" title="Little River (Greater Geelong)">Little (Greater Geelong)</a></li> <li>Little Bass</li> <li>Little Lang Lang</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Yarra_River" title="Little Yarra River">Little Yarra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maribyrnong_River" title="Maribyrnong River">Maribyrnong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O%27Shannassy_River" title="O'Shannassy River">O'Shannassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patterson_River" title="Patterson River">Patterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plenty_River_(Victoria)" title="Plenty River (Victoria)">Plenty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarago_River" title="Tarago River">Tarago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Old_River" title="The Old River">The Old</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watts_River" title="Watts River">Watts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werribee_River" title="Werribee River">Werribee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarra_River" title="Yarra River">Yarra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Corangamite catchment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aire_River_(Victoria)" title="Aire River (Victoria)">Aire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglesea_River" title="Anglesea River">Anglesea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barham_River" title="Barham River">Barham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barwon_River_(Victoria)" title="Barwon River (Victoria)">Barwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calder_River_(Victoria)" title="Calder River (Victoria)">Calder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_River" title="Carlisle River">Carlisle</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lake_Connewarre" title="Lake Connewarre">Lake Connewarre</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lake_Corangamite" title="Lake Corangamite">Lake Corangamite</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_River_(Victoria)" title="Cumberland River (Victoria)">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curdies_River" title="Curdies River">Curdies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliott_River_(Victoria)" title="Elliott River (Victoria)">Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erskine_River" title="Erskine River">Erskine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_River_(Victoria)" title="Ford River (Victoria)">Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geary_River" title="Geary River">Geary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gellibrand_River" title="Gellibrand River">Gellibrand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey_River_(Victoria)" title="Grey River (Victoria)">Grey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johanna_River" title="Johanna River">Johanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennet_River_(Victoria)" title="Kennet River (Victoria)">Kennet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leigh_River_(Victoria)" title="Leigh River (Victoria)">Leigh</a></li> <li>Little Aire</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lake_Martin_(Victoria)" title="Lake Martin (Victoria)">Lake Martin</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorabool_River" title="Moorabool River">Moorabool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker_River" title="Parker River">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_George_River_(Victoria)" title="St George River (Victoria)">St George</a></li> <li>Sherbrook</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woady_Yaloak_River" title="Woady Yaloak River">Woady Yaloak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wye_River_(Victoria)" title="Wye River (Victoria)">Wye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarrowee_River" title="Yarrowee River">Yarrowee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Great_Australian_Bight" title="Great Australian Bight">Great Australian Bight</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Glenelg_Hopkins_catchment25" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Glenelg Hopkins catchment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Lake Bolac</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lake_Burrumbeet" title="Lake Burrumbeet">Lake Burrumbeet</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chetwynd_River" title="Chetwynd River">Chetwynd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawford_River_(Victoria)" title="Crawford River (Victoria)">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundas_River" title="Dundas River">Dundas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eumeralla_River" title="Eumeralla River">Eumeralla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_River_(Victoria)" title="Fitzroy River (Victoria)">Fitzroy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenelg_River_(Victoria)" title="Glenelg River (Victoria)">Glenelg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkins_River" title="Hopkins River">Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merri_River" title="Merri River">Merri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyne_River" title="Moyne River">Moyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaw_River_(Victoria)" title="Shaw River (Victoria)">Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stokes_River" title="Stokes River">Stokes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surrey_River" title="Surrey River">Surrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wando_River_(Victoria)" title="Wando River (Victoria)">Wando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wannon_River" title="Wannon River">Wannon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Rivers_of_the_Murray–Darling_basin137" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Rivers of the <a href="/wiki/Murray%E2%80%93Darling_basin" title="Murray–Darling basin">Murray–Darling basin</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North–East catchment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_River_(Mitta_Mitta_River,_Victoria)" title="Big River (Mitta Mitta River, Victoria)">Big (Mitta Mitta)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckland_River_(Victoria)" title="Buckland River (Victoria)">Buckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_River_(Victoria)" title="Buffalo River (Victoria)">Buffalo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bundara_River" title="Bundara River">Bundara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_River_(Victoria)" title="Catherine River (Victoria)">Catherine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobungra_River" title="Cobungra River">Cobungra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dandongadale_River" title="Dandongadale River">Dandongadale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dart_River_(Victoria)" title="Dart River (Victoria)">Dart</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dartmouth_Dam" title="Dartmouth Dam">Lake Dartmouth</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibbo_River" title="Gibbo River">Gibbo</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hume_Dam" title="Hume Dam">Lake Hume</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiewa_River" title="Kiewa River">Kiewa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_River_(Victoria)" title="King River (Victoria)">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitta_Mitta_River" title="Mitta Mitta River">Mitta Mitta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray_River" title="Murray River">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovens_River" title="Ovens River">Ovens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_River_(Victoria)" title="Rose River (Victoria)">Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_River_(Victoria)" title="Victoria River (Victoria)">Victoria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Goulburn Broken catchment</th><td 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