| Delatite | |
| Name Native: | [1] |
| Name Other: | Devil's |
| Name Etymology: | Aboriginal Taungurung: derived from Beolite |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Victoria |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Delatite 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: | Local government area |
| Subdivision Name4: | Mansfield |
| Subdivision Type5: | Towns |
| Length: | 85km (53miles) |
| Source1: | Victorian Alps, Great Dividing Range |
| Source1 Location: | between Mount Stirling and Mount Buller |
| Source1 Coordinates: | -37.1443°N 146.4953°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 1490m (4,890feet) |
| Mouth: | confluence with the Goulburn River |
| Mouth Location: | Lake Eildon |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -37.1675°N 145.9992°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 260m (850feet) |
| River System: | Goulburn Broken catchment, Murray-Darling basin |
| Tributaries Left: | Lanky Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Plain Creek, Stony Creek (Delatite River), Devil Plain Creek, River Creek, Howes Creek, Burnt Creek, Ford Creek, Brankeet Creek |
| Custom Label: | National park |
| Custom Data: | Lake Eildon National Park |
| Extra: | [2] |
The Delatite 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. The headwaters of the Delatite River rise on the western slopes of the Victorian Alps and descend to flow into the Goulburn River within Lake Eildon.
The Delatite River rises in Howqua Gap, between the ski resort mountains of Mount Stirling and Mount Buller, of the Great Dividing Range. The river flows generally westwards, initially through rugged national park and state forests and, as the river descends, through more open woodlands. The river is joined by nine tributaries, passing north of the town of before reaching its confluence in Lake Eildon, an impoundment formed on the Goulburn and Delatite rivers, just east of . The river descends over its 85km (53miles) course.[2]
In Australian Aboriginal languages, the river is variously named Wappang, Callathera, Kalylatherer or Kay-lath-er-rer, Pappang, and Wapping with no defined meanings for each of the words.[1]
The name of the river is derived from the name of the wife of a former local indigenous leader Beolite, the leader of the yowung-illum-baluks of the Taungurung people, in the Taungurung language.