List of rivers of New South Wales (A–K) explained

This is the first part of a list of rivers of New South Wales, Australia. With List of rivers of New South Wales (L–Z) it includes all 439 rivers, as of 7 June 2008, listed by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales in the Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW.^[1]

River name	Previous names	Source LGA	Source location
Abercrombie		Upper Lachlan	-34.015°N 149.4178°W
Aberfoyle	Balblair Creek	Guyra	-30.2483°N 152.0011°W
Abington Creek	Back Green; Sutton Gully	Uralla	-30.315°N 151.3344°W
Adelong Creek		Gundagai	-35.3817°N 148.0344°W
Adjungbilly Creek		Gundagai	-35.0817°N 148.3678°W
Allyn		Dungog	-32.0983°N 151.4344°W
Apsley		Walcha	-31.165°N 151.8344°W
Araluen Creek	The Deep Creek	Palerang	-35.665°N 149.8178°W
Avon		Wollongong	-34.4317°N 150.6678°W
Avon		Mid-Coast Council	-31.9983°N 151.9714°W
Back Creek		Richmond Valley	-28.5483°N 153.0678°W
Back		Cooma-Monaro	-36.3317°N 149.5344°W
Back	Barnard Gully; Back Creek	Tamworth Regional	-31.49°N 151.2594°W
Baerami Creek	Left Branch of Baerami Ck (Portion)	Muswellbrook	-32.4983°N 150.4678°W
Bakers Creek		Uralla	-30.3483°N 150.9844°W
Balgalal Creek	Bangalal Creek; Bungalal Creek; Sheep Station Creek	Yass Valley	-34.6817°N 148.6178°W
Barcoongere	South Arm Wooli Wooli River; Little River; Wooli River*	Clarence Valley	-29.8983°N 153.2011°W
Bargo		Wingecarribee	-34.2483°N 150.5678°W
Barigan Creek		Mid-Western Regional	-32.5667°N 150.0233°W
Barmedman Creek	Mandamah Creek; Back Creek (R) *	Temora	-34.165°N 147.4344°W
Barnard		Gloucester	-31.765°N 151.9011°W
Barrington		Gloucester	-31.965°N 151.7511°W
Barwon	Darling River (Part); Upper Darling River	Moree Plains	-29.4983°N 146.3344°W
Beardy	Glen Creek R; Robertsons Creek R; Washpool Creek Nr.; Beardy River Or Glen Creek R	Glen Innes Severn	-29.315°N 151.5011°W
Beardy Waters	Maybole Creek; The Beardy Water; Beardy River; The Beardy Waters	Glen Innes Severn	-29.615°N 151.7678°W
Beaury Creek		Tenterfield	-28.465°N 152.5011°W
Bedford Creek		Blue Mountains	-33.7817°N 150.4844°W
Bega	Buckajo River; Bemboka River	Bega Valley	-36.6983°N 149.8678°W
Bell	Nandillion Ponds; Nandillion Ponds River (Nr); Nandillion Ponds Creek (R)	Cabonne	-33.115°N 149.0011°W
Bellinger	North Arm Bellingen River; North Arm Bellinger River	Bellingen	-30.4317°N 152.7678°W
Belubula	King Plains Creek; Dungeon Creek: Camping Ground (R) *	Blayney	-33.565°N 149.0011°W
Bemboka		Bega Valley	-36.6817°N 149.4678°W
Bendoc	Bendock River	Bombala	-37.1983°N 149.6844°W
Bermagui		Bega Valley	-36.415°N 150.0178°W
Berthong Creek	Yannawah Creek	Cootamundra	-34.415°N 148.0011°W
Bettowynd Creek		Palerang	-35.6983°N 149.8011°W
Bielsdown	Bielsdown Creek	Bellingen	-30.315°N 152.7011°W
Big Badja	Badja River	Cooma-Monaro	-36.115°N 149.5011°W
Billabong Creek	Billabung Creek	Junee	-34.915°N 147.8011°W
Bimberamala	Bimberamala Creek	Shoalhaven	-35.515°N 150.1178°W
Birrie	Birree River	Brewarrina	-29.2317°N 147.2011°W
Blackwater Creek		Muswellbrook	-32.7483°N 150.4678°W
Blakney Creek	Head of Blakney Creek	Upper Lachlan	-34.6983°N 148.9844°W
Bland Creek	Yeo Yeo Creek	Temora	-34.165°N 147.6678°W
Blicks	Main Water Creek	Clarence Valley	-30.215°N 152.6011°W
Blue Mountain Creek		Armidale Dumaresq	-30.7817°N 151.8178°W
Bluff		Tenterfield	-29.2483°N 152.2678°W
Bobin Creek		Greater Taree	-31.6983°N 152.2678°W
Bobo	Bobo Creek	Coffs Harbour	-30.2483°N 152.8511°W
Bogan	New Years Creek	Parkes	-33.0067°N 148.0344°W
Bokhara		Brewarrina	-29.065°N 147.5011°W
Bolong		Upper Lachlan	-34.1817°N 149.6178°W
Bombala		Cooma-Monaro	-36.7483°N 149.2511°W
Boomi		Moree Plains	-29.0483°N 149.0511°W
Boonoo Boonoo		Tenterfield	-28.6317°N 152.2511°W
Boorowa		Boorowa	-34.3817°N 148.7844°W
Boundary Creek		Clarence Valley	-31.0483°N 152.5844°W
Boundary Creek		Clarence Valley	-30.265°N 152.5011°W
Bow	Bow Creek	Upper Hunter	-32.1983°N 150.2178°W
Bowman		Gloucester	-31.9317°N 151.8678°W
Bowning Creek		Yass Valley	-34.7317°N 148.8178°W
Boyd	Little River	Clarence Valley	-29.865°N 152.5011°W
Bredbo		Cooma-Monaro	-35.9817°N 149.3344°W
Brogo	Broga River	Bega Valley	-36.6483°N 149.8844°W
Brunswick	Middle or Main Arm of Brunswick Ri	Byron	-28.4983°N 153.4178°W
Buckenbowra		Eurobodalla	-35.6483°N 149.9844°W
Bulla Creek	Bullock Creek	Young	-34.115°N 148.3178°W
Bundock Creek	Middle Creek	Narrabri	-30.2483°N 149.5011°W
Bunnoo		Port Macquarie-Hastings	-31.5483°N 152.4511°W
Burke	Wombat Creek	Wingecarribee	-34.4483°N 150.5844°W
Burkes Creek	Pulletop Creek; Burnetts River	Wagga Wagga	-35.415°N 147.3678°W
Burns Creek		Walcha	-31.365°N 151.8844°W
Burra Creek		Palerang	-35.5817°N 149.2344°W
Burra Creek		Gundagai	-34.865°N 148.0511°W
Burrungubugge River		Snowy River	-36.215°N 148.4511°W
Bylong	Bylong Creek	Mid-Western Regional	-32.4317°N 150.1344°W
Cadiangullong Creek	Oaky Creek	Cabonne	-33.3817°N 149.0011°W
Camden Haven	Camden Haven River Southern Branch	Greater Taree	-31.6483°N 152.5011°W
Campbells	Campbell River.	Oberon	-33.7483°N 149.5678°W
Caparra Creek	Western Branch Dingo Creek	Greater Taree	-31.7483°N 152.2178°W
Capertee	Bogee River	Lithgow	-33.0817°N 150.2011°W
Carole Creek	Carore Creek; Medgun Creek; Millie Creek	Moree Plains	-29.2483°N 149.6678°W
Castlereagh		Warrumbungle	-31.2903°N 149.0722°W
Cataract	Swamp Oak Creek	Tenterfield	-29.0817°N 152.1178°W
Cataract		Wollondilly	-34.2483°N 150.7844°W
Cattle Creek	Eastern Brook	Upper Hunter	-31.865°N 150.1011°W
Cedar Creek		Cessnock	-32.865°N 151.2011°W
Cedar Party Creek	Pahpoo Creek	Greater Taree	-31.7483°N 152.3678°W
Cells		Walcha	-31.4317°N 152.0678°W
Chandler		Armidale Dumaresq	-30.6167°N 152°W
Chandlers Creek		Clarence Valley	-30.0317°N 152.5511°W
Cheshire Creek	Jesse Creek	Bathurst Regional	-33.2483°N 149.6844°W
Chichester		Dungog	-32.1817°N 151.6011°W
Christmas Creek		Kempsey	-30.9983°N 152.7511°W
Clarence	Big River	Kyogle	-29.4983°N 152.6678°W
Clouds Creek		Clarence Valley	-30.0983°N 152.6511°W
Clyde		Shoalhaven	-35.415°N 150.2344°W
Cobark	Hole Creek; Cobakh River; Arundel River	Gloucester	-31.9317°N 151.6011°W
Cobrabald	Cobrabald Creek.; St. Leonards Creek (Part)	Walcha	-31.165°N 151.5678°W
Cockburn		Tamworth Regional	-30.9983°N 151.2344°W
Coldstream		Clarence Valley	-29.7317°N 153.0844°W
Colo		Hawkesbury	-33.3483°N 150.6678°W -33.2483°N 150.5344°W
Commissioners Waters		Armidale Dumaresq	-30.565°N 151.7511°W
Congewai Creek	North Arm of Wollombi Brook; Coongewai Creek (R); * Coongeewa Creek	Cessnock	-32.9317°N 151.2678°W
Connollys Creek		Greater Taree	-31.8483°N 152.1428°W
Cooba Bulga Stream		Upper Hunter	-31.9483°N 150.0344°W
Cooks River		Rockdale	-33.915°N 151.1344°W
Cooks Vale Creek		Upper Lachlan	-34.1483°N 149.4844°W
Coolaburragundy River	Coolah Creek	Warrumbungle	-31.865°N 149.7344°W
Coolibah Watercourse	Coolibar Watercourse; Swampy Watercourse	Walgett	-30.165°N 148.5178°W
Coolongolook	Gooloongolok River	Great Lakes	-32.2483°N 152.3344°W
Coolumbooka		Bombala	-36.865°N 149.4178°W
Cooma Back Creek		Snowy River	-36.3317°N 149.0678°W
Cooma Creek		Cooma-Monaro	-36.415°N 149.1344°W
Coopers Creek		Lismore	-28.665°N 153.4178°W
Cooplacurripa		Walcha	-31.3983°N 151.7511°W
Coorongooba Creek		Lithgow	-32.9983°N 150.3344°W
Corang		Palerang	-35.215°N 150.0678°W
Cordeaux		Wollongong	-34.3317°N 150.7178°W
Corindi	Redbank River; Corindi Creek *	Clarence Valley	-30.0317°N 153.1344°W
Cowriga Creek	Conibul Creek; Browns Creek	Blayney	-33.4483°N 149.1511°W
Coxs		Blue Mountains	-33.7483°N 150.1844°W
Crawford		Great Lakes	-32.3817°N 152.1011°W
Crookwell		Upper Lachlan	-34.3317°N 149.2511°W
Crudine	The Crudine River; Cunninghams Creek; Crudine Creek	Bathurst Regional	-32.9983°N 149.6428°W
Cudgegong	Mudgee River	Mid-Western Regional	-32.7817°N 149.8344°W
Culgoa		Brewarrina	-29.065°N 147.1011°W
Cullinga Creek		Cootamundra	-34.6817°N 148.1344°W
Cunningham Creek	Connaughtmans Creek	Harden	-34.665°N 148.3844°W
Curricabark	Curricabark Creek	Gloucester	-31.7483°N 151.6011°W
Darling	Barwon; Karaula; Watta or Calewatta River	Bourke	-29.9575°N 146.3119°W
Dawson	Dawsons River; Brimbin Creek	Greater Taree	-31.8817°N 152.5011°W
Deepwater		Glen Innes Severn	-30.4817°N 152.0344°W
Delegate	Delegete River	Bombala	-36.915°N 149.0344°W
Derringullen Creek		Yass Valley	-34.7317°N 148.8844°W
Deua	Moruya River	Eurobodalla	-35.7483°N 149.7844°W
Dilgry		Gloucester	-31.8817°N 151.5844°W
Dingo Creek	Eastern Branch Dingo Creek	Greater Taree	-31.665°N 152.3178°W
Doubtful Creek	Doubtful River	Tumbarumba	-36.0983°N 148.4344°W
Doyles	Big Hill Creek	Port Macquarie-Hastings	-31.4983°N 152.2511°W
Dry	Murrah River (Gn)	Bega Valley	-36.4983°N 149.9178°W
Du Faur Creek		Lithgow	-33.4983°N 150.3511°W
Duckmaloi	Duckmaloi or Fish River	Oberon	-33.7817°N 149.9178°W
Dumaresq	Dumaresq or Severn River	Inverell	-28.9983°N 151.2511°W
Dungowan Creek	Ogunbil Creek	Tamworth Regional	-31.4233°N 151.3344°W
Dyke		Armidale Dumaresq	-30.665°N 152.2844°W
Eden Creek		Kyogle	-28.665°N 152.9178°W
Edward		Murray	-35.565°N 145.0011°W
Ellenborough		Port Macquarie-Hastings	-31.4983°N 152.4178°W
Emu Swamp Creek	Black Spring Creek	Cabonne	-33.2983°N 149.2178°W
Endrick	Bulee River; Main Creek	Shoalhaven	-35.0983°N 150.1178°W
Erskine Creek		Blue Mountains	-33.865°N 150.5011°W
Esk	Fresh Water River	Richmond Valley	-29.2483°N 153.2844°W
Eucumbene	Kiandra Creek	Snowy River	-35.9983°N 148.6511°W
Evans Plains Creek	Princess Charlotte Ponds; Fitzgerald Creek (R); Reedy Creek (C); Princess Charlotte Valley	Bathurst Regional	-33.4317°N 149.5011°W
Evans		Richmond Valley	-29.1317°N 153.4011°W
Ewenmar Creek		Narromine	-32.0317°N 148.3844°W
Felled Timber Creek		Oberon	-34.0317°N 149.7344°W
Fish	Fish River Creek; Fish River Creek (West Branch)	Oberon	-33.7483°N 149.8344°W
Flyers Creek	Errowanbang Creek; Mummur Creek *; Errowinbang	Cabonne	-33.465°N 149.0511°W
Forbes		Port Macquarie-Hastings	-31.3317°N 152.3178°W
Frazers Creek	Swamp Oak Creek; Frazers or Swamp Oak Creek; Spring Creek	Inverell	-29.6817°N 151.3344°W
Gara	Gyra River; Ryanda Creek; Falconer Creek; Malpas Creek	Armidale Dumaresq	-30.64°N 151.8289°W
Geehi	Swampy Plain River; Rocky Plain Creek	Tumbarumba	-36.2817°N 148.3011°W
Genoa	Bondi Creek; Yard Creek *	Bombala	-37.265°N 149.3511°W
Georges Creek	Georges River; Upper Georges Creek	Armidale Dumaresq	-30.665°N 152.2178°W
Georges	Tucoerah River	Sutherland Shire	-33.9983°N 151.0983°W
Glen Fernaigh	Glen Fernaigh Creek	Clarence Valley	-30.2483°N 152.5011°W
Gloucester		Gloucester	-31.9761°N 151.9744°W
Goobarragandra		Tumut	-35.4317°N 148.5011°W
Goodradigbee	Little River; Murray Creek	Yass Valley	-35.2483°N 148.7344°W
Goorudee Rivulet	Little River	Snowy River	-35.9817°N 148.7511°W
Goulburn	Reedy Creek	Mid-Western Regional	-32.1983°N 150.0511°W
Grose		Hawkesbury	-33.5828°N 150.5119°W
Growee	Growee Creek	Mid-Western Regional	-32.465°N 150.0844°W
Gungarlin		Snowy River	-36.165°N 148.5178°W
Gunningbland Creek		Forbes	-33.115°N 147.7844°W
Guy Fawkes		Guyra	-30.165°N 152.3178°W
Gwydir	Big Bundarra River; Bundara River; Big River; * Rocky River	Uralla	-29.9983°N 151.0011°W
Hacking		Wollongong	-34.1483°N 151.0344°W
Halls Creek	Cuerindi River	Tamworth Regional	-30.7817°N 150.9511°W
Happy Jacks Creek	Happy Jacks River	Tumbarumba	-36.015°N 148.4678°W
Hastings	Mooraback Creek	Port Macquarie-Hastings	-31.4317°N 152.3678°W
Hawkesbury	Deerubbun	Hawkesbury	-33.4317°N 151.0344°W
Henry	Little Henry River; North Branch of Little Henry River	Clarence Valley	-29.8483°N 152.1344°W
Hollanders		Oberon	-33.8983°N 150.0011°W
Horsearm Creek	Horsham Creek	Narrabri	-30.3983°N 150.1678°W
Horton		Gwydir	-30.0483°N 150.3678°W
Hunter	Coquon P.T.O.; First Hunter Creek	Upper Hunter	-32.4983°N 150.7511°W
Imlay Creek		Bega Valley	-37.1983°N 149.6844°W
Ingeegoodbee		Snowy River	-36.7483°N 148.2678°W
Isabella		Oberon	-33.9983°N 149.6511°W
Isis		Upper Hunter	-31.915°N 151.0511°W
Jacobs	Tongaroo or Jacobs River.	Snowy River	-36.7483°N 148.4344°W
Jeir Creek	Oakey Creek	Yass Valley	-35.0983°N 149.0844°W
Jenolan	Harrys River	Oberon	-33.815°N 150.1011°W
Jerra Jerra Creek	Cookardinia Creek	Greater Hume	-35.4983°N 147.2178°W
Jerrabattgulla Creek	Oronmear Creek	Palerang	-35.7317°N 149.5844°W
Jerrara Creek	Chain of Ponds Creek	Upper Lachlan	-34.465°N 149.1511°W
Jerrawa Creek		Upper Lachlan	-34.7317°N 149.1511°W
Jooriland	Jooriland Creek (Part); Myanga Valley Creek (Part)	Wollondilly	-34.165°N 150.2344°W
Jugiong Creek	Cumbamurra River; Connors Creek; Barbers Creek; Talmo Creek	Harden	-34.915°N 148.6011°W
Kalang	South Arm Bellingen River	Bellingen	-30.465°N 152.8344°W
Kanangra Creek	Thurat Rivulet (Part); Konangaroo Creek; Kanangra River	Oberon	-33.9483°N 150.1511°W
Kangaroo	Kangaroo Creek	Clarence Valley	-30.065°N 152.8511°W
Kangaroo	Budderoo Creek	Shoalhaven	-34.6483°N 150.6844°W
Karuah	Karuah River Left Hand Branch	Great Lakes	-32.1983°N 151.7511°W
Kedumba	Kedumba Creek(Part); Katoomba Creek(Part)	Blue Mountains	-33.7792°N 150.3575°W
Kerripit	Rawdon Stream	Gloucester	-31.9983°N 151.7011°W
Kindra Creek		Coolamon	-34.7483°N 147.3844°W
Kowmung		Oberon	-34.065°N 150.1011°W
Krui		Upper Hunter	-32.165°N 150.1011°W
Kunderang Brook		Walcha	-30.9983°N 152.2178°W
Kybeyan		Cooma-Monaro	-36.4817°N 149.4511°W

See also

• Rivers of New South Wales
• List of rivers of Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of placenames ASSIGNED as RIVERs. Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. 2008-06-07. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101116090041/http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search?transaction=savefile&placename=&status=ASSIGNED&designation=RIVER&lga=None&map=&parish=. 2010-11-16.