Yea River
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2014}}
{{Infobox river
| name = Yea
| name_native = {{native name|dgw|Kayigai}}{{Cite VICNAMES|622387|Yea River|access-date=18 October 2014}}
| name_native_lang =
| name_other =
| name_etymology = In honour of Colonel Lacy Walter Yea
| image = GlenburnYeaRiverPipeline.JPG
| image_size = 280
| image_caption = Pipeline crossing the Yea River at Glenburn
| map =
| map_size = 300
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = Australia Victoria
| pushpin_map_size = 300
| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the Yea River mouth in Victoria
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Australia
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = Victoria
| subdivision_type3 = Region
| subdivision_name3 = South Eastern Highlands bioregion (IBRA), Northern Country/North Central
| subdivision_type4 = LGA
| subdivision_name4 = Murrindindi
| subdivision_type5 = Towns
| subdivision_name5 = {{VICcity|Toolangi}}, {{VICcity|Castella}}, {{VICcity|Glenburn}}, {{VICcity|Yea}}
| length = {{convert|74|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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| source1 = Great Dividing Range
| source1_location = below Mount Tanglefoot
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|37|19|56|S|145|28|27|E}}
| source1_elevation = {{convert|566|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth = confluence with the Goulburn River
| mouth_location = northwest of {{VICcity|Yea}}
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|37|30|53|S|145|31|10|E|display=inline,title}}
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|162|m|abbr=on}}
| progression =
| river_system = Goulburn Broken catchment,
Murray-Darling basin
| basin_size =
| tributaries_left = Captain Creek, Rocky Creek (Victoria), Rellimeiggam Creek, Ti Tree Creek
| tributaries_right = Katy Creek, Murrindindi River
| custom_label = Nature reserve
| custom_data = Murrindindi River Scenic Reserve
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The Yea River, an inland perennial river of the Goulburn Broken catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the lower South Eastern Highlands bioregion and Northern Country/North Central regions of the Australian state of Victoria.
Location and features
File:Yea River Conservation Reserve Jan 2020.jpg
The Yea River rises in the Toolangi State Forest north-east of {{VICcity|Toolangi}} and northwest of Mount Tanglefoot, part of the Great Dividing Range. The river generally flows in a northerly direction, generally aligned with the Melba Highway which crosses the river in its lower reaches. The river is joined by six tributaries including the Murrindindi River, flows east and north of the town of {{VICcity|Yea}} before reaching its confluence with the Goulburn River, near Ghin Ghin Bridge. The river descends {{convert|403|m}} over its {{convert|74|km|adj=on}} course.
The river is also crossed by the Goulburn Valley Highway, east of Yea.
Etymology
The suspected Aboriginal Taungurung language name for the river is Kayigai, with no clearly defined meaning. A surveyor's map of {{circa|1860}} gives Kayigai or Muddy Creek, so it is likely that was the Aboriginal name of the river.{{cite book|author=Sinnott, Nigel|title=Place-Names of the Alexandra, Lake Eildon and Big River Area of Victoria|publisher=Friends of the Alexandra Library|location=Alexandra}}
The river was called Muddy Creek in 1824 by explorers Hume and Hovell because of its muddy banks. The river was renamed when or soon after the town of Muddy Creek was renamed Yea. The river, like the town is named in honour of Colonel Lacy Walter Yea – a British Army colonel killed during the Crimean War in 1855, the year that Yea was founded.{{cite DNB|wstitle=Yea, Lacy Walter Giles|first=Ernest Marsh|last=Lloyd|volume=63}}{{cite web|title=Visitor information - Yea|url=http://www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/page/page.asp?Page_Id=1619&h=0|access-date=12 February 2011}}{{cite news|work=The Sunday Age|title=title missing|date=3 October 2010|page=17}}
See also
{{Stack|{{Portal|Australia|Water}}}}
- {{Section link|List of rivers of Australia|Victoria}}
References
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{{Rivers of the Goulburn Broken catchment of the Murray-Darling basin}}
{{Rivers of Victoria}}
{{Rivers of the Murray–Darling basin |state=collapsed}}
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Category:Goulburn Broken catchment
Category:Rivers of Hume (region)