Goobang Creek
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{{Infobox river
| name = Goobang
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| name_other = Billabong, Coobang
| name_etymology = Aboriginal: a species of acacia
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| pushpin_map = Australia New South Wales
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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the Goobang Creek mouth in New South Wales
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Australia
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = New South Wales
| subdivision_type3 = Region
| subdivision_name3 = NSW South Western Slopes (IBRA), Central West
| subdivision_type4 = LGA
| subdivision_name4 = Parkes, Forbes
| subdivision_type5 = Towns
| subdivision_name5 = {{NSWcity|Parkes}}, Condobolin
| length = {{convert|217|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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| source1 = Curumbenya Range
| source1_location = north of Wolabler Mountain
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|32|58|53|S|148|25|11|E|display=inline}}
| source1_elevation = {{convert|504|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth = confluence with the Lachlan River
| mouth_location = Condobolin
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|33|5|20|S|147|9|26|E|display=inline,title}}
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|192|m|abbr=on}}
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| river_system = Lachlan sub{{endash}}catchment,
Murray-Darling basin
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| tributaries_left = Billabong Creek (Goobang Creek), Crooked Creek (Goobang Creek), Gunningbland Creek
| tributaries_right = Ramsays Lagoon
| custom_label = National park
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The Goobang Creek, a perennial stream of the Lachlan sub{{endash}}catchment, part of the Murrumbidgee catchment of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
The Goobang Creek rises in the Curumbenya Range, {{convert|10|km}} north of Wolabler Mountain, east of {{NSWcity|Alectown}}. The creek flows generally southwest towards {{NSWcity|Parkes}} and then generally west, joined by three minor tributaries before reaching its confluence with the Lachlan River at Condobolin. The creek descends {{convert|312|m}} over its {{convert|217|km|adj=on}} course.
The Newell Highway crosses the creek near Parkes.
History
Prior to European settlement, the catchment area of the creek was inhabited by the Wiradjuri people. Major Thomas Mitchell and John Oxley were early explorers in the area. The town of Condobolin was proclaimed in 1859. In the mid-1860s, gold was mined on the creek. The bushranger Ben Hall was shot dead at Goobang Creek in 1865.{{cite web|title=Ben Hall |url=http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/benHall.htm |work=NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=25 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011033455/http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/benHall.htm |archive-date=11 October 2007 |df=dmy-all }}
Etymology
Goobang is believed to be an Aboriginal word for a species of the acacia tree.{{cite web|title=NSW Railway Station Names and Origins|url=http://www.nswrail.net/library/station_names.php|work=NSW Rail|access-date=25 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206102831/http://www.nswrail.net/library/station_names.php|archive-date=6 February 2008|url-status=live}}
See also
{{stack|{{Portal|New South Wales|Water|Environment}}}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/ieo/Lachlan/maplg.htm|title=Lachlan River catchment|format=map|work=Office of Environment and Heritage|publisher=Government of New South Wales}}
- {{cite book |url=http://australianriverrestorationcentre.com.au/mdb/troutcod/publications/lachlan_river_history.pdf |format=PDF |author=Trueman, Will |title=True Tales of the Trout Cod: River Histories of the Murray–Darling Basin (Lachlan River catchment booklet) |publisher=Murray–Darling Basin Authority |year=2012 |location=Canberra |isbn=978-1-921914-98-0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225070203/http://australianriverrestorationcentre.com.au/mdb/troutcod/publications/lachlan_river_history.pdf |archive-date=25 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}
{{Rivers of the Murrumbidgee River catchment |state=autocollapse}}
{{Rivers of New South Wales |state=autocollapse}}
Category:Tributaries of the Lachlan River
Category:Rivers of New South Wales
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