Leigh River (Victoria)

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For other uses, see Leigh River (disambiguation).
Leigh
River[1]
The Leigh River at Inverleigh. The Hamilton Highway bridge is visible in the background.
Name origin: Aboriginal Wathaurong: Yaramlok;[2][3]
Country Australia
State Victoria
Region Central Highlands
Part of Corangamite catchment
Tributaries
 - left Wilson Creek (Victoria), Williamson Creek, Cargerie Creek
Source Mount Mercer
 - location Cambrian Hill
 - elevation 325 m (1,066 ft)
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Source confluence Yarrowee River
Mouth Barwon River
 - location near Inverleigh
 - elevation 60 m (197 ft)
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Length 61 km (37.9 mi)
Location of the Leigh River mouth
in Victoria
Wikimedia Commons: Leigh River
[1][4]

The Leigh River is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in the Central Highlands region of the Australian state of Victoria.

Location and features

The Leigh River is a major tributary and catchment of the Barwon River. Fed by the Yarrowee River that rises near Ballarat, the Yarrowee reaches its confluence to form the Leigh in the vicinity of Cambrian Hill and Golden Plains Shire.[5] The Leigh River rises below Mount Mercer and flows generally south, joined by three minor tributaries before reaching its confluence with the Barwon River, southeast of the central business district of Inverleigh. The river descends 265 metres (869 ft) over its 61-kilometre (38 mi) course.[4][6]

Communities and bridge crossings along the river

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. There are several crossings over the Leigh River, including road, rail and pedestrian. Some additional roads allow passage through shallow sections of the river when the water levels are low.

Location Bridge name Comments/use Image
Dereel Leigh Gorge Bridge (formerly Leigh Grand Junction Mine bridge)[7] Dereel/Elaine Road
Shelford Bannockburn/Skipton Road
Inverleigh Two Bridges Inverleigh/Teesdale Road
Federation Bridge Pedestrian suspension
Hamilton Highway 100px
Standard gauge Melbourne/Adelaide railway

Etymology

The Wathaurong Indigenous Australian people named the river Yaramlok, and it is believed that the name Yarrowee, which is used for the upper reaches, was derived from this name.[2][3]

It is believed that the name Leigh River was given by the surveyor J.H. Wedge who arrived in 1835, probably naming the river after his Tasmanian farm 'Leighlands'.[8]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Leigh River sediment sourcing and transport Corangamite Catchment Management Authority
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Ballarat Gold Field [cartographic material] : longitudinal section showing the fall of the surface and bed rock respectively from no. 1 shaft mine of the Band and Albion Consols Co. to Yarrowee River at the Leigh Grand Junction bridge, undated, NSW Government Publications.
  8. ↑ Lonsdale, Joan "Gateway to the West", Inverleigh Progress Association, 1978

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