Mount Emu Creek

Mount Emu
(Tarnpirr)
The Mount Emu Creek flowing under a bridge that carries the Glenelg Highway, near Skipton.
Mount Emu Creek is located in Victoria
Mount Emu Creek
Location of the Mount Emu Creek mouth
in Victoria
Location
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
RegionVictorian Midlands, Naracoorte Coastal Plain (IBRA), Western District
Local government areasPyrenees, Ararat, Moyne
TownsBeaufort, Skipton, Darlington, Terang, Panmure
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationnorth of Trawalla
 • coordinates37°20′27″S 143°31′48″E / 37.34083°S 143.53000°E / -37.34083; 143.53000
 • elevation405 m (1,329 ft)
Mouthconfluence with Hopkins River
 • location
near Cudgee, northeast of Warrnambool
 • coordinates
38°19′36″S 142°38′22″E / 38.32667°S 142.63944°E / -38.32667; 142.63944
 • elevation
28 m (92 ft)
Length250 km (160 mi)
Basin features
River systemGlenelg Hopkins catchment
Tributaries 
 • leftSpring Hill Creek, Baillie Creek, Blind Creek, Elingamite Creek
 • rightTrawalla Creek, Broken Creek (Victoria)
[1]
Bridge & township of Panmure on the Emu Creek, Victoria, c.1888 watercolour by Karl Heffner

The Mount Emu Creek (Aboriginal Australian:Tarnpirr[2]), a perennial creek of the Glenelg Hopkins catchment, is located in the Western District of Victoria, Australia.

  1. ^ "Map of Mount Emu Creek, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  2. ^ Clark, Ian. "Aboriginal Placenames - Reconstruction of Aboriginal microtoponymy in western and central Victoria". press-files.anu.edu.au. ANU. Retrieved 16 July 2021.