Mackenzie River (Victoria)

Mackenzie
McKenzie (incorrectly)
Mackenzie River (Victoria) is located in Victoria
Mackenzie River (Victoria)
Location of the Mackenzie River mouth in Victoria
Native name
Location
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
RegionMurray Darling Depression (IBRA), Grampians
Local government areasNorthern Grampians, Yarriambiack, Horsham
TownsWartook, Rosebrook
Physical characteristics
SourceGrampian Range, Great Dividing Range
 • locationGrampians National Park
 • coordinates37°6′46.6″S 142°24′21.8″E / 37.112944°S 142.406056°E / -37.112944; 142.406056
 • elevation323 m (1,060 ft)
Mouthconfluence with the Wimmera River
 • location
southwest of Horsham
 • coordinates
36°44′40″S 141°56′51″E / 36.74444°S 141.94750°E / -36.74444; 141.94750
 • elevation
131 m (430 ft)
Length57 km (35 mi)
Basin features
River systemWimmera catchment
Tributaries 
 • rightBungalally Creek
National parkGrampians National Park
[1][4]

The Mackenzie River, an inland intermittent river of the Wimmera catchment, is located in the Grampians region of the Australian state of Victoria. Rising in the Grampians National Park, on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, the Mackenzie River flows generally north by west and drains into the Wimmera River, southwest of Horsham.

  1. ^ a b "Mackenzie River (entry 622167)". VICNAMES. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  2. ^ Smyth, Robert Brough (1878). The Aborigines of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 176.
  3. ^ Clark, Ian; Heydon, Toby (2011). "Mackenzie River: Traditional Names". Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages.
  4. ^ "Map of Mackenzie River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 23 October 2014.