Goulburn River, a perennial river of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
Goulburn River rises at the confluence of Moolarben Creek and Sportsmans Hollow Creek, on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, near the village of Ulan, east of Mudgee and flows generally eastward, joined by twenty-one tributaries including the Munmurra, Krui, Bylong, Bow, and Merriwa rivers and Worondi Rivulet. The river reaches its confluence with the Hunter River, south of . The majority of the course of the river flows through the Goulburn River National Park. The river descends over its course.
Etymology
William Lawson explored the area in 1823. Goulburn River was named in honour of Henry Goulburn, a British politician in the 1820s.
See also
Rivers of New South Wales
List of rivers of New South Wales (A–K) List of rivers of Australia Goulburn River National Park
References
External links
Rivers of the Hunter Region
Muswellbrook Shire
Hunter River (New South Wales)