Billabong Creek (Junee)

Billabong Creek
Billabung Creek[1][2]
EtymologyAboriginal: an effluent from a river, sometimes separated from it, sometimes being joined again at time of flood.[1][3]
Location
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
IBRASouth West Slopes
Local government areaJunee
Physical characteristics
Source confluenceIronbong and Turveys Falls Creeks
 • locationnear Illabo
 • elevation271 m (889 ft)
Mouthconfluence with the Murrumbidgee River
 • location
east of Wantabadgery, west of Gundagai
 • elevation
201 m (659 ft)
Length44 km (27 mi)
Basin features
River systemMurrumbidgee catchment, Murray–Darling basin
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The Billabong Creek, a perennial river[1] of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia.

  1. ^ a b c "Billabong Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2013. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Billabung Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2013. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Reed, A. W. (1973). Place names of Australia. Frenchs Forest, New South Wales: Reed Books. p. 31. ISBN 0-589-50128-3.
  4. ^ "Map of Billabong Creek, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2013.