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Nicholson River (Victoria)

{{Short description|River in Victoria, Australia}}

{{about|the watercourse in Victoria|the watercourse of the same name in Queensland|Nicholson River (Queensland)|the watercourse of the same name in Western Australia|Nicholson River (Western Australia)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Nicholson

| name_native = {{plainlist|

  • {{native name|mis|Yowen-burrun|paren=omit}} (Brabralung){{cite web|url=https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=4736|title=Nicholson River: 22494: Traditional Name: Yowen-burrun|work=Vicnames|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=12 August 2011|access-date=13 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115132450/https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=4736|archive-date=15 January 2014}}
  • {{native name|mis|Dart'yung|paren=omit}} (Brabralung){{cite web|url=https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=320|title=Nicholson River: 22494: Traditional Name: Dart'yung|work=Vicnames|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=12 August 2011|access-date=13 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115132427/https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=320|archive-date=15 January 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=4738|title=Nicholson River: 22494: Traditional Name: Dart'yung|work=Vicnames|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=12 August 2011|access-date=13 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115130630/https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=4738|archive-date=15 January 2014}}
  • {{native name|mis|Geremoot|paren=omit}} (Brabralung){{cite web|url=https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=4739|title=Nicholson River: 22494: Traditional Name: Geremoot|work=Vicnames|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=12 August 2011|access-date=13 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115132513/https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=4739|archive-date=15 January 2014}}
  • {{native name|mis|Ngarrak walang|paren=omit}} (Tatungalung){{cite web|url=https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=4737|title=Nicholson River: 22494: Traditional Name: Ngarrak walang|work=Vicnames|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=12 August 2011|access-date=13 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115130655/https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=4737|archive-date=15 January 2014}}

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| name_etymology = In honour of Charles Nicholson

| image = Nicholson-River-and-road-bridge,-Nicholson,-VIC,-13.09.2008.jpg

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| image_caption = Looking south along the river from the East Gippsland Rail Trail trestle bridge at Nicholson.

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| pushpin_map = Australia Victoria

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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the Nicholson River mouth in Victoria

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Australia

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = Victoria

| subdivision_type3 = Region

| subdivision_name3 = South East Corner (IBRA), East Gippsland

| subdivision_type4 = Local government area

| subdivision_name4 = Shire of East Gippsland

| subdivision_type5 = Towns

| subdivision_name5 = {{VICcity|Nicholson}}

| length = {{convert|83|km|mi|abbr=on}}

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| source1 = Angora Range, Great Dividing Range

| source1_location = below Marthavale

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|37|26|43|S|147|31|24|E|display=inline}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|440|m|abbr=on}}

| mouth = Lake King to form confluence with the Mitchell River

| mouth_location = near {{VICcity|Nicholson}}

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|37|50|53|S|147|43|54|E|display=inline,title}}

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| river_system = Mitchell River catchment

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| tributaries_left = Barmouth Creek, Navigation Creek, Nicholson Creek

| tributaries_right = Black Snake Creek, Yahoo Creek, Store Creek

| custom_label = National park

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| extra ={{cite web|url=https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/place.html?method=edit&id=22494|title=Nicholson River: 22494|work=Vicnames|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=2 May 1966|access-date=13 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115130719/https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/place.html?method=edit&id=22494|archive-date=15 January 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=214195&cmd=sp|title=Map of Nicholson River, VIC|work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia|access-date=13 January 2014}}

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The Nicholson River is a perennial river of the Mitchell River catchment, located in the East Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria.{{cite book|title=Vicroads Country Street Directory of Victoria|publisher=Royal Automobile Club of Victoria|location=Noble Park, Victoria|year=2000|edition=4|issn=1329-5284}}

Course and features

The Nicholson River rises below the Angora Range in the lower reaches of the Victorian Alps within the Great Dividing Range, near the small settlement of Marthavale, west of {{VICcity|Ensay}}.{{cite book|title=8423 Omeo, Victoria, Topographic Map|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|year=1982|edition=1|series=National Topographic Map Series}} The river flows generally southeast passing through the small town of {{VICcity|Nicholson}} before entering Lake King, one of the main lakes in the extensive Gippsland Lakes system. Within the lake, the Nicholson River forms its confluence with the Mitchell River, which joins with the Tambo River; with the Mitchell River draining into Bass Strait southwest of {{VICcity|Lakes Entrance}}, in the Shire of East Gippsland. The river descends {{convert|440|m}} over its {{convert|83|km|adj=on}} course.{{cite web|url=http://www.egcma.com.au/inform.php?a=5&b=142&c=173|title=Nicholson / Tambo Catchments|work=Official Website|publisher=East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority|access-date=2009-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218121208/http://www.anps.org.au/documents/VIC_coastal.pdf|archive-date=18 February 2011|url-status=dead}}

The river is impounded by the Nicholson River Dam, that forms a water reservoir used for the supply of town water to Lakes Entrance, until 1995.{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-12-21/nicholson-river-dam-decommissioning-mooted/2381378 |title=Nicholson River Dam decommissioning mooted |publisher=ABC News|location=Australia |date=21 December 2010 |access-date=13 January 2014 }}

In its lower reaches, the river is traversed by the Great Alpine Road, the Princes Highway, and the East Gippsland Rail Trail, a shared purpose rail trail that was formerly the part of the Orbost railway line.

Etymology

There are a number of Australian Aboriginal names for the river including: from the Brabralung language Yowen-burrun and Dart'yung, both meaning "root of water plant"; Geremoot, with no clearly defined meaning; and in the Tatungalung language, Ngarrak walang, meaning "back-stone".

The current name of the river was given by the early colonial explorer and pastoralist, Angus McMillan, who named the river in 1839 in honour of Charles Nicholson, who represented the Port Phillip District on the NSW Legislative Council and was later Colonial Secretary.{{cite book |first=Charles |last=Daley |title=The Story of Gippsland |location=Melbourne |publisher=Whitcombe and Tombs |year=1960 |pages=213 }}, cited in {{cite web |last=Bird |first=Eric |date=12 October 2006 |title=Place Names on the Coast of Victoria |publisher=The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS) |url=http://www.anps.org.au/documents/VIC_coastal.pdf |access-date=10 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5wNhWF4B7?url=http://www.anps.org.au/documents/VIC_coastal.pdf |archive-date=10 February 2011 }}

See also

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Gallery

Rail-Trail-Trestle-Bridge,-Nicholson,-VIC,-13.09.2008.jpg|Looking north to the rail trail trestle bridge across the river at Nicholson

References

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External links

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.egcma.com.au/rivers/173/ |title=Nicholson River sub-catchment |work=East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority |publisher=Government of Victoria}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.egcma.com.au/rivers/279/ |title=Nicholson River - Catchment Map |work=East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority |publisher=Government of Victoria |format=map}}
  • {{cite book |url=http://www.egcma.com.au/file/file/East%20Gippsland%20Regional%20Catchment%20Strategy%202013-2019.pdf |title=East Gippsland regional catchment strategy 2013 -2019 |publisher=East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority |author=East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority |isbn=978-0-9758164-6-2 |location=Bairnsdale |year=2013 |access-date=13 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114110459/http://www.egcma.com.au/file/file/East%20Gippsland%20Regional%20Catchment%20Strategy%202013-2019.pdf |archive-date=14 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}

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{{Rivers of Victoria}}

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Category:East Gippsland catchment

Category:Rivers of Gippsland (region)

Category:Victorian Alps