Eumeralla River

The Eumeralla River is a perennial river of the Glenelg Hopkins catchment, located in the Western District of Victoria, Australia.

Eumeralla Blackfellows Creek, Blackmans Creek
Location of the Eumeralla River mouth in Victoria
Location
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Region	Victorian Midlands, Naracoorte Coastal Plain (IBRA), Western District
Local government area	Glenelg Shire
Town	Macarthur
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	northeast of Macarthur
• coordinates	37°55′18″S 142°9′32″E
• elevation	216 m (709 ft)
Mouth	Portland Bay, Great Australian Bight
• location	south of Yambuk
• coordinates	38°20′23″S 142°2′45″E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	78 km (48 mi)
Basin features
River system	Glenelg Hopkins catchment
Tributaries
• right	Deep Creek (Eumeralla, Victoria), Breakfast Creek (Eumeralla, Victoria), Middle Creek (Eumeralla, Victoria), Shaw River
Lake	Lake Yambuk
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Course and features

The Eumeralla River rises northeast of Macarthur, and flows generally south, and then west through the town of Macarthur, before heading south by west until the settlement of Codrington where the river flows east parallel with the coastline, joined by four tributaries including the Shaw River. The Eumeralla empties into Lake Yambuk at the Yambuk Important Bird Area and reaches its mouth south of Yambuk and spills into Portland Bay in the Great Australian Bight. The river descends 217 metres (712 ft) over its 78-kilometre (48 mi) course.^[1]

Etymology

The river lends its name to the Eumeralla Wars, a notable conflict of the 1840s between European settlers and the traditional Gunditjmara Aboriginal inhabitants of the land surrounding the river.^[2]

See also

• Australia portal

• List of rivers of Australia § Victoria
• Thomas Alexander Browne