Coliban River

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Not to be confused with Little Coliban River.

Coliban

Trentham Falls, in the upper reaches of the Coliban River

Location of the Coliban River mouth in Victoria

Native name Teeranyap, Pe-er, Dindelong yaluk[1][2]

Location

Country Australia

State Victoria

Region Riverina bioregion (IBRA), Central Highlands

Local Moorabool, Hepburn, Mount Alexander, City of

 government Greater Bendigo
areas

Towns Trentham, Malmsbury, Metcalfe, Redesdale, Mintaro

Physical characteristics

Source Great Dividing Range

- location below Little Hampton

- coordinates 37°25′13″S 144°28′38″E

- elevation 701 m (2,300 ft)

Mouth confluence with the Campaspe River

- location Lake Eppalock

36°55′39.5″S 144°32′49.8″ECoordinates:
- coordinates
36°55′39.5″S 144°32′49.8″E
- elevation 183 m (600 ft)

Length 89 km (55 mi)

Discharge
- location Echuca

Basin features

River system Victorian north–central catchment,

Murray-Darling basin

Tributaries
- left Kangaroo Creek, Myrtle Creek
- right Little Coliban River

Waterfalls Trentham Falls

[3]

The Coliban River, an inland perennial river of the north–central catchment,

part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the
lower Riverina bioregion and Central Highlands region of the Australian state
of Victoria. The headwaters of the Coliban River rise on the northern slopes of
the Great Dividing Range and descend to flow north into the Campaspe
River with the impounded Lake Eppalock.
 The river is a major water supply source for towns and cities in the lower
Central Highlands region.

Contents

 1Location and features

 2Fauna and flora
 3Etymology
 4See also
 5References
 6External links

Location and features[edit]

The river rises below Little Hampton near Lyonville in the Great Dividing Range
and flows generally north, descending 33 metres (108 ft) over the Trentham
Falls, and continuing to flow northward to the Upper Coliban, Lauriston and
Malmsbury reservoirs. Subsequently it flows
through Malmsbury, Metcalfe, Redesdale and Mintaro, and finally reaches
its confluence with the Campaspe River within Lake Eppalock. The river
[4]

descends 518 metres (1,699 ft) over its 89-kilometre (55 mi) course. [3]

Gold was found in the river in 1858, and water from the river was used to supply
the goldfields cities of Bendigo and Castlemaine. As the population of those
cities grew a water supply system consisting of 70 kilometres (43 mi) of tunnels
and aqueducts was constructed. Over time, the water supply was extended
to Kyneton, as well as many other smaller towns in the region. Today, the
system supplies drinking water to a population exceeding 200,000. Coliban
[4]

Water manages the three major water supply reservoirs, which are part of the
Eppalock Proclaimed Water Supply Catchment. [5]

Fauna and flora[edit]

The river is home to the platypus as well as eight native fish species including
the Macquarie perch. Four of the fish species are endangered and the trout
cod is regarded as critically endangered in the river, and may no longer be
present. Indigenous vegetation in the area includes the black gum (Eucalyptus
aggregata) which, though once plentiful in the area, is now rare due to
vegetation clearance over many years. [4]

Etymology[edit]
In the indigenous Djadjawurrung language, the name for the river is Teeranyap,
with no clearly defined meaning. In the Daungwurrung and Djadjawurrung
languages, the names for the river is Pe-er, with no clearly defined meaning;
and indelong yaluk, with yaluk meaning "river". [1][2]

See also[edit]
 Australia portal
 Water portal

 List of rivers of Victoria

References[edit]

1. ^ Jump up to:a b "Coliban River (entry 615046)". VICNAMES. Government of Victoria.

Retrieved 20 October 2014.
2. ^ Jump up to:a b Clark, Ian; Heydon, Toby (2011). "Coliban River: Traditional
Names". Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages.
3. ^ Jump up to:a b "Map of Coliban River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 20
October 2014.
4. ^ Jump up to:a b c "Your River: The Coliban - River Recovery". Greening Australia.
Retrieved 19 January 2008.
5. ^ "Coliban Water". Coliban Water. Retrieved 19 January 2008.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has
media related to Coliban
River.

 Public Record Office Victoria Photograph of Victorian Railways passenger

train crossing the viaduct over the Coliban River at Malmsbury, November
1945.
 "Loddon–Campaspe". Murray-Darling Basin Authority. Australian
Government. 2014. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014.
 "Campaspe River longitudinal profile" (PDF). Murray-Darling Basin
Authority (PDF). Australian Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on
15 February 2014.
 "Campaspe". Our rivers. Environment Victoria.