| Avon | |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Victoria |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Avon River mouth in Victoria |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Victoria |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Murray Darling Depression (IBRA), Wimmera |
| Subdivision Type5: | Local government area |
| Subdivision Name5: | Northern Grampians |
| Length: | 64km (40miles) |
| Source1: | Great Dividing Range |
| Source Confluence: | Avon Creek and Sandy Creek |
| Source Confluence Location: | Beazleys Bridge; west of |
| Source Confluence Coordinates: | -36.7°N 143.1675°W |
| Source Confluence Elevation: | 195m (640feet) |
| Mouth: | confluence with the Richardson River |
| Mouth Location: | Banyena; northwest of |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -36.5711°N 142.8258°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 133m (436feet) |
| River System: | Wimmera catchment |
| Tributaries Left: | Faulkner Creek |
| Extra: | [1] |
The Avon River, an inland intermittent river of the Wimmera catchment, located in the Grampians and Wimmera regions of the Australian state of Victoria. Rising on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, the Avon River flows north-westerly to reach its confluence with the Richardson River. The rivers of the Wimmera catchment drain into a series of ephemeral lakes that, whilst they do not directly empty into a defined watercourse, form part of the Murray River catchment of the Murray-Darling basin.
The Avon River rises on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, near Beazleys Bridge, west of . The rivers flows in a highly meandering course generally west by north, joined by one minor tributary, before reaching its mouth to flow into the Richardson River at Banyena; northwest of . The Avon River descends over its 64km (40miles) course.[1]
In a western Kulin Aboriginal language the river and surrounding country is named Wityellibar, from witji "basket grass" bar "river";[2] and in the Djadjawurrung language, Kurakibiyal, with kurak meaning "sand" and biyal, meaning "red gum".