Goodradigbee River Explained

Goodradigbee
Name Other:Little River, Murray Creek
Name Etymology:meaning "water running over rocks"
Map Size:250
Pushpin Map:Australia New South Wales
Pushpin Map Size:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the Goodgradigbee River mouth in New South Wales
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Australia
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:New South Wales
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Australian Alps (IBRA), Snowy Mountains, Capital Country, Riverina
Subdivision Type4:LGAs
Subdivision Name4:Tumut, Yass
Subdivision Type5:Town
Length:105km (65miles)
Source1:Snowy Mountains
Source1 Location:near Mount Morgan
Source1 Coordinates:-35.7242°N 148.7914°W
Source1 Elevation:1650m (5,410feet)
Mouth:confluence with the Murrumbidgee River
Mouth Location:Lake Burrinjuck
Mouth Coordinates:-35°N 186°W
Mouth Elevation:345m (1,132feet)
River System:Murrumbidgee catchment,
Murray-Darling basin
Tributaries Left:Coleman Creek (New South Wales), Bull Flat Creek, Bramina Creek, Horse Creek (New South Wales), Dinnertime Creek, Limestone Creek (New South Wales), Lousy Gully, Micalong Creek, Wee Jasper Creek
Tributaries Right:Rolling Grounds Creek, Blackfellows Creek, Brindabella Creek, Flea Creek, Betty Brook Creek, Sugarloaf Creek
Custom Label:Reservoir
Custom Data:Lake Burrinjuck
Extra:[1]

Goodradigbee River, a perennial stream that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the Snowy Mountains district of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

The river rises below Mount Morgan on the northern side of the Snowy Mountains at and flows generally north west, joined by fifteen minor tributaries towards its mouth at the confluence with the Murrumbidgee River at Burrinjuck Dam; dropping over the course of the river's length of .[1]

The majority of the catchment (95%) is forested with the upper catchment within the Kosciuszko National Park. The catchment is in area. Some water from the upper reaches of the river is diverted into Tantangara Reservoir via an aqueduct, but otherwise the river is not dammed.[2]

In 1968 the National Capital Development Commission considered building a dam at Brindabella Valley for the purpose of sending water into the Cotter River via a tunnel.[3]

The bridge over the Goodradigbee at Wee Jasper was completed in 1896 and is heritage-listed as being an early example of an Allan type timber truss road bridge.[4]

An alternative name for the river was 'Little River' and it was officially known as "Goodradigbee (or Little) River", until 22 May 1970.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Map of Goodradigbee River . Bonzle.com . 25 January 2013.
  2. Web site: Lintermans . Mark . 2002 . Fish in the Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment: A Review of Current Knowledge – Methods . Environment ACT . ACT Government . 1 February 2007 . 17 September 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060917222404/http://www.environment.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/13142/fishintheuppermurrumbidgeechapter2.pdf .
  3. Book: Augmentation of Canberra Water Supply – proposals to utilise the Murrumbidgee and Goodgradigbee Rivers . August 1968 . SMEC Holdings.
  4. Web site: Wee Jasper Bridge over Goodradigbee River . Heritage and conservation register . . 29 May 2009 . 5 April 2014.
  5. News: 1927-11-17 . Tramps and Trips About Yass . 6 . Yass Evening Tribune . 2022-05-10.
  6. News: 1970-05-22 . GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT, 1966 . 1923 . Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 64 . 2022-05-10.