List of rivers of New South Wales (L–Z) explained

This is the second part of a list of rivers of New South Wales, Australia. With List of rivers of New South Wales (A–K) 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
Lachlan	Western Branch; Branch of Lachlan River; Deadmans Creek and Boorungullen Chain; Mutbilly Creek	Boorowa	-34.0983°N 149.0178°W
Lane Cove	Turrumburra	Hornsby	-33.7483°N 151.0928°W
Lansdowne		Greater Taree	-31.715°N 152.5344°W
Lee Creek	Benjang Creek	Mid-Western Regional	-32.4817°N 150.1344°W
Leycester Creek	Hanging Rock Creek; Terania Creek	Lismore	-28.665°N 153.1344°W
Little Murray		Bellingen	-30.3317°N 152.6178°W
Little Nymboida		Coffs Harbour	-30.1817°N 152.8678°W
Little Plains		Bombala	-37.0317°N 149.1011°W
Little	Tomahawk Creek, The Little River.; Unga Creek	Wollondilly	-34.1817°N 150.4678°W
Little	Mountain Station Creek; Paling Yards Creek; Dilga Creek	Dubbo	-32.4983°N 148.7011°W
Little		Oberon	-33.765°N 150.1344°W
Little		Wingecarribee	-34.5317°N 150.6178°W
Little Run Creek		Greater Taree	-31.7317°N 152.1678°W
Little Weir		Walgett	-29.015°N 148.8511°W
Macdonald	Muluerindie – State Map Co. Inglis	Tamworth Regional	-30.8817°N 151.1678°W
Macdonald	Mullen Malong Creek; Mullen Malone Creek; Branch Creek; Head Of Macdonald River *	Singleton	-32.9983°N 150.8011°W
Macintyre	Karaula River	Inverell	-28.8317°N 150.6678°W
Maclaughlin		Bombala	-36.615°N 149.1178°W
Macleay	(Includes Muddy River)	Armidale Dumaresq	-30.7483°N 152.2511°W
Macquarie	Macquarie or Wammerawa River; Wammerawa River; Wambool	Bathurst Regional	-32.9983°N 149.2511°W
Macquarie Rivulet		Wingecarribee	-34.565°N 150.7011°W
Mammy Johnsons	Mammy Johnsons Creek	Great Lakes	-32.2483°N 152.0511°W
Mangrove Creek		Gosford	-33.315°N 151.1344°W
Mann	Mitchell River; Ben Lomond Creek; Mann River; Backwater R.	Clarence Valley	-29.665°N 152.1511°W
Manning		Gloucester	-31.8983°N 151.4678°W
Maria	Maria River South Branch; Scrubby Creek	Kempsey	-31.1483°N 152.8344°W
Maryland		Tenterfield	-28.5817°N 152.2511°W
Medway Rivulet	Carrada Rivulet	Wingecarribee	-34.5483°N 150.3178°W
Mehi	Gwydir or Meei River; Gwydir River; Meei River	Moree Plains	-29.565°N 149.5011°W
Meroo	Meroo Creek	Mid-Western Regional	-32.7456°N 149.4844°W
Merrica		Bega Valley	-37.3317°N 149.9011°W
Merriwa	Smiths Rivulet; Merriwa Creek; Middle Creek; Harrys Creek	Upper Hunter	-32.0983°N 150.3678°W
Middle Creek	Deep Creek; Big Deep Creek	Narrabri	-30.365°N 150.2178°W
Minnamurra		Kiama	-34.6483°N 150.7511°W
Mirrool Creek	Merool Creek	Bland	-34.3317°N 147.9511°W
Mogo Creek	Wallambine Creek	Hawkesbury	-33.165°N 151.0344°W
Mole	The Mole River	Tenterfield	-29.115°N 151.7511°W
Molonglo		Queanbeyan	-35.3817°N 149.2511°W
Mongarlowe	Little River	Palerang	-35.415°N 149.9344°W
Moonan Brook	Bells Creek	Upper Hunter	-31.965°N 151.3511°W
Mooney Mooney Creek		Gosford	-33.3483°N 151.2511°W
Mooni	Moonie River	Walgett	-29.165°N 148.6344°W
Moppy	Morpey Creek	Gloucester	-31.9317°N 151.5011°W
Moredun Creek	Clerks Creek; Kellys Creek; Branch Moredun Creek	Guyra	-30.0817°N 151.3344°W
Moruya		Eurobodalla	-35.915°N 150.1178°W
Mowamba	Mowamba River; Moonbah River	Snowy River	-36.515°N 148.4511°W
Mulga Creek		Cobar	-30.915°N 146.3511°W
Mulla Mulla Creek	Mulla Creek	Tamworth Regional	-31.2983°N 151.3011°W
Mulwaree	Mulwaree Ponds or Creek; Merigan Creek	Goulburn Mulwaree	-34.9983°N 149.6511°W
Mummel		Greater Taree	-31.465°N 151.9011°W
Munmurra	Munmurra Brook	Upper Hunter	-32.1483°N 150.0178°W
Murrah	Dry River	Bega Valley	-36.5317°N 150.0178°W
Murray	Hume; Indi; Upper Indi; Millewa	Tumbarumba	-36.7967°N 143.1961°W
Murruin Creek		Wollondilly	-34.215°N 150.0511°W
Murrumbidgee		Cooma-Monaro	-35.6631°N 149.1333°W
Myall	Upper Myall River	Great Lakes	-32.2317°N 152.1678°W
Nadgee		Bega Valley	-37.4317°N 149.8678°W
Nadgigomar Creek	Curra Creek	Goulburn Mulwaree	-35.115°N 149.8678°W
Namoi		Narrabri	-30.3317°N 149.6678°W
Nangahrah Creek		Tamworth Regional	-30.365°N 150.8011°W
Narran		Brewarrina	-29.165°N 148.0344°W
Nattai		Wollondilly	-34.2483°N 150.3511°W
Nepean	Cowpasture River; Mittagong River; London River.	Penrith	-33.7311°N 150.6589°W
Never Never	Never Never or North Creek	Bellingen	-30.365°N 152.9011°W
Niemur		Wakool	-35.2483°N 144.0011°W
Nowendoc	Peel Creek	Greater Taree	-31.6317°N 151.8011°W
Nowlands Creek		Guyra	-30.1317°N 151.9678°W
Nullica	Myrrial River	Bega Valley	-37.0817°N 149.815°W
Numeralla	Umaralla River	Cooma-Monaro	-36.5483°N 149.4011°W
Nunnock		Bega Valley	-36.615°N 149.4511°W
Nymboida	Coutts Water:; The Harness Cask	Clarence Valley	-30.2483°N 152.6178°W
Oaky		Armidale Dumaresq	-30.5817°N 152.0511°W
Oban	Ann River	Guyra	-30.115°N 151.8844°W
O'Briens Creek		Wagga Wagga	-35.315°N 147.4511°W
Orara	Wooworra River	Clarence Valley	-29.9983°N 152.9844°W
Ourimbah Creek	Ourinbah Creek	Wyong	-33.3317°N 151.3344°W
Oxley	Middle Arm Tweed River	Tweed	-28.3483°N 153.2844°W
Paddys	Patricks River	Wingecarribee	-34.6483°N 150.1678°W
Paddys	Cowra Creek; Paddys River	Tumbarumba	-35.865°N 148.0678°W
Pages Creek		Upper Hunter	-31.7483°N 151.2678°W
Pages		Upper Hunter	-31.9983°N 151.0011°W
Pambula	Panbula River	Bega Valley	-36.9317°N 149.8344°W
Pappinbarra	Pappinbarra Creek; Left Arm of Pappinbarra Creek	Port Macquarie-Hastings	-31.3483°N 152.4678°W
Parma Creek		Shoalhaven	-35.015°N 150.5178°W
Paroo	Paroo Channel; Paroo River Channels	Central Darling	-30.465°N 143.9678°W
Parramatta		Parramatta	-33.8317°N 151.1011°W
Paterson	Yimmang River; Cedar Arms River	Dungog	-32.3317°N 151.5011°W
Peak	Atkinsons Creek; Baloo Arm; Peak River	Tumut	-35.4817°N 148.4344°W
Peel (A Section Of)	Cockburn River (A Section Of)	Tamworth Regional	-31.115°N 150.9511°W
Peel	Peel River (Eastern Branch)	Gunnedah	-30.9983°N 150.8344°W
Peelwood Creek	Kangaloolah Creek; Kangaloolah Arm of Tuena Creek	Upper Lachlan	-34.1317°N 149.4094°W
Phils		Upper Lachlan	-34.24°N 149.5011°W
Pigna Barney		Upper Hunter	-31.765°N 151.5011°W
Pinch	Moyangul or Pinch River	Snowy River	-36.7483°N 148.3344°W
Pinchgut Creek		Junee	-34.6483°N 147.7011°W
Pipers Creek		Kempsey	-31.2483°N 152.8344°W
Pudman Creek	Pudmans Creek	Boorowa	-34.4983°N 148.9011°W
Queanbeyan	Burra Creek; Sallee Creek (Nr)	Cooma-Monaro	-35.665°N 149.3678°W
Queen Charlottes Creek	Vale Creek; Queen Charlottes Ponds; Vale Ponds; Queen Charlottes Vale Creek	Bathurst Regional	-33.4817°N 149.5678°W
Queens Pound		Bega Valley	-36.315°N 149.6344°W
Queensborough	Dormittys River	Bombala	-37.1317°N 149.0344°W
Quegobla Creek	Waubebunga Creek	Walgett	-30.3817°N 148.8011°W
Quirindi Creek	Dry Creek; Duri Creek.	Liverpool Plains	-31.415°N 150.5344°W
Ralfes Creek	Sheepstation Creek; Ralfes Rivulet	Port Macquarie-Hastings	-31.4317°N 152.2844°W
Reedy Creek		Tamworth Regional	-31.2567°N 151.0428°W
Retreat	Little River	Oberon	-33.9983°N 149.7844°W
Richmond		Kyogle	-28.4983°N 152.9678°W
River Lett		Lithgow	-33.5317°N 150.2011°W
Rock Flat Creek	Flat Creek; Tolbar Creek	Cooma-Monaro	-36.115°N 149.1844°W
Rocky Ponds Creek	Spring Creek	Harden	-34.4817°N 148.6511°W
Rocky	Gwydir River	Uralla	-30.6408°N 151.4692°W
Rosewood	Little North Arm Bellinger River; Little North Arm Bellingen River	Bellingen	-30.3817°N 152.7678°W
Rouchel Brook		Upper Hunter	-32.1317°N 150.9844°W
Rous	North Arm Tweed River	Tweed	-28.2983°N 153.2678°W
Rowleys	Number Two River	Walcha	-31.5483°N 152.0678°W
Rufus		Wentworth	-34.0483°N 141.2511°W
Rush Creek	The Rush Creek	Hawkesbury	-33.3317°N 150.7678°W
Sandon		Clarence Valley	-29.715°N 153.2511°W
Sandy Creek		Bland	-34.1483°N 146.7844°W
Sandy Creek	Crowl Creek	Cobar	-32.215°N 144.5011°W
Sandy Creek		Richmond Valley	-28.9983°N 153.1011°W
Sandy Creek		Tamworth Regional	-31.29°N 151.0761°W
Sara	Mitchell River	Glen Innes Severn	-29.9983°N 152.0844°W
Severn		Glen Innes Severn	-29.5817°N 151.8844°W
Sewells Creek	Stony or Davys Creek	Oberon	-33.7483°N 149.6344°W
Shannon Brook	Deep Creek; Branch of Deep Creek; Piora Creek *; Mummulgum Creek	Kyogle	-28.9317°N 153.0011°W
Shoalhaven		Palerang	-34.9983°N 150.0844°W
Snowy		Snowy River	-36.515°N 148.4511°W
Stewarts Brook	North Arm of Stewarts Brook	Upper Hunter	-31.9817°N 151.1678°W
Stewarts		Greater Taree	-31.715°N 152.6011°W
Strike-a-Light	Tinderry Creek (Part); Strike-A-Light Creek *	Cooma-Monaro	-35.8317°N 149.3178°W
Styx		Armidale Dumaresq	-30.5983°N 152.1344°W
Summer Hill Creek	Fredericks Valley Creek	Cabonne	-33.315°N 149.1511°W
Swampy Plain	East Branch (Murray) River,; Murray River,; Geehi Creek; Cootapatamba Creek	Tumbarumba	-36.365°N 148.1678°W
Tabulam Rivulet	Kunbungy Creek:; Deep Creek	Kyogle	-28.915°N 152.6511°W
Talbragar		Upper Hunter	-31.7983°N 150.0511°W
Tallawudjah Creek	Tallonagal Creek	Coffs Harbour	-30.6483°N 152.9511°W
Tallowa Gully		Goulburn Mulwaree	-34.7483°N 150.2178°W
Tarcutta Creek	Tarcatta Creek:; Oberne Creek	Wagga Wagga	-35.415°N 147.8344°W
Tarlo	Middle Arm Creek; Upper Tarlo Creek; Tarlo Creek; Cookbundoon River	Upper Lachlan	-34.515°N 149.8844°W
Tarrion Creek	Tarrian Creek	Brewarrina	-30.0317°N 146.7511°W
Taylors Arm		Nambucca	-30.7483°N 152.6511°W
Telegherry	Right Hand Branch Karuah River	Great Lakes	-32.1817°N 151.7344°W
Terania Creek		Lismore	-28.665°N 153.2678°W
The Big Warrambool	The Big Warambool R; Booroona Creek; 35 Mile Warrambool	Walgett	-29.6317°N 148.0011°W
The Branch	Sandy Creek; The Branch; Larpent River	Great Lakes	-32.5483°N 152.0011°W
Thompsons Creek		Oberon	-33.9317°N 149.5011°W
Thone		Port Macquarie-Hastings	-31.565°N 152.4844°W
Thredbo	Crackenback or Thredbo River; Crackemback River; Crackenback River	Snowy River	-36.4108°N 148.4956°W
Tia	Crimps Creek	Walcha	-31.1817°N 151.8178°W
Tilbuster Ponds	Commissioners Waters; Tilbuster Creek	Armidale Dumaresq	-30.415°N 151.6844°W
Timbarra	Rocky River	Tenterfield	-29.3317°N 152.2511°W
Tindarey Creek		Central Darling	-31.0817°N 146.0844°W
Tobins	Tobins Creek	Walcha	-31.3983°N 152.2011°W
Tomaga		Eurobodalla	-35.815°N 150.1678°W
Tonalli		Wollondilly	-34.0983°N 150.2511°W
Tooloom Creek		Tenterfield	-28.5817°N 152.4844°W
Tooma		Tumbarumba	-35.965°N 148.3011°W
Towallum	Towallum or Back Creek	Clarence Valley	-30.0483°N 152.9011°W
Towamba	Kiah River	Bega Valley	-36.915°N 149.5011°W
Trigalong Creek	Walladilly Creek	Temora	-34.415°N 147.5011°W
Tuglow		Oberon	-33.9817°N 149.9178°W
Tumut	Doomut; Bewuck	Tumut	-35.4983°N 148.3511°W
Turners Creek		Bogan	-30.8317°N 146.9344°W
Turon		Lithgow	-33.115°N 149.8011°W
Tuross		Eurobodalla	-36.2483°N 149.7511°W
Tweed	South Arm Tweed River; Jerrys Creek	Tweed	-28.2317°N 153.5511°W
Undowah		Bombala	-36.7483°N 149.3178°W
Upsalls Creek	Upsel Creek Or; Camden Haven River; (Northern Branch)	Port Macquarie-Hastings	-31.615°N 152.4844°W
Urumbilum		Coffs Harbour	-30.2817°N 152.9511°W
Wadbilliga		Bega Valley	-36.2483°N 149.6678°W
Wah Way Creek	Worwax Creek	Weddin	-34.015°N 147.8511°W
Walcrow		Greater Taree	-31.465°N 151.8344°W
Wallagaraugh		Bega Valley	-37.1983°N 149.5011°W
Wallamba	Raikes River,; Browns Creek; Wollamba River	Greater Taree	-32.0983°N 152.2511°W
Wallingat	Wallingat; Stony Creek (R)	Great Lakes	-32.2483°N 152.4011°W
Wang Wauk	Maclean River	Greater Taree	-32.165°N 152.2344°W
Wangat	Little River	Dungog	-32.165°N 151.6678°W
Warbro Brook	Willi Willi Creek (Part)	Kempsey	-30.915°N 152.5011°W
Wards		Great Lakes	-32.165°N 152.0011°W
Warialda Creek	Gragin Creek ; Reedy Creek R.; Gunnee Creek Nr:; Warialda Or Reedy Creek	Inverell	-29.5817°N 150.8511°W
Warnes		Walcha	-31.2317°N 152.0844°W
Warragamba		Wollondilly	-33.8817°N 150.6011°W
Warrego		Bourke	-29.9983°N 145.3844°W
Warrell Creek	Gurravembi Creek	Nambucca	-30.7483°N 152.9178°W
Watagan Creek	Sugarloaf Creek,; South Arm of Wollombi Brook	Cessnock	-33.015°N 151.1678°W
Webbs Creek		Hawkesbury	-33.3317°N 150.9178°W
Werong Creek		Singleton	-32.915°N 151.0011°W
Werriberri Creek	Monkey Creek	Wollondilly	-33.9483°N 150.5511°W
Wheeny Creek		Hawkesbury	-33.465°N 150.6678°W
Wheeo Creek		Upper Lachlan	-34.415°N 149.2428°W
Whitbarrow Creek	Crowal; Whitbarrow Creek Nr.; Crowal Creek	Bogan	-31.7983°N 148.5011°W
White Rock		Bombala	-37.115°N 149.3678°W
Widden Brook	Widdin Creek	Muswellbrook	-32.4483°N 150.3844°W
Wild Cattle Creek		Bellingen	-30.2817°N 152.7678°W
Williams	Dooribang River; N R. Double Falls Creek	Dungog	-32.365°N 151.7511°W
Williwa Creek	Willewa Creek; Williewa Creek	Lithgow	-33.2983°N 149.9594°W
Wilson		Port Macquarie-Hastings	-31.215°N 152.4344°W
Wilsons	Wilsons Creek; North Arm Richmond River	Byron	-28.5178°N 153.3558°W
Winburndale Rivulet	Windburndale Rivulet; Winborndale Rivulet	Bathurst Regional	-33.3817°N 149.6844°W
Wingecarribee		Wingecarribee	-34.4983°N 150.3844°W
Wog Wog		Bega Valley	-37.0483°N 149.5011°W
Wolgan	Wolgan River (Western Branch)	Lithgow	-33.3842°N 150.1567°W
Wollangambe	Wollangambe Creek	Lithgow	-33.4817°N 150.4344°W
Wollemi Creek		Singleton	-32.9983°N 150.5844°W
Wollombi Brook	Cockfighter Creek	Singleton	-32.7483°N 151.1011°W
Wollomombi	Woolomombi Creek And; Rockvale Creek	Armidale Dumaresq	-30.415°N 151.9511°W
Wollondilly	Deerabublin River	Wollondilly	-34.2317°N 150.2511°W
Wonboyn	Narrabarba Creek	Bega Valley	-37.2483°N 149.8511°W
Wooli Wooli	Little River:; Wooli River	Clarence Valley	-29.9669°N 153.1483°W
Worondi Rivulet	Chinamans Gully	Upper Hunter	-32.2817°N 150.4678°W
Woronora		Wollongong	-34.115°N 150.9344°W
Wyong	Wyong Creek	Wyong	-33.2483°N 151.3344°W
Yadboro	Yadboro Creek	Shoalhaven	-35.315°N 150.1178°W
Yancowinna Creek	Yancowinnia Creek	Unincorporated	-31.7756°N 141.5556°W
Yanda Creek		Central Darling	-31.8317°N 146.3344°W
Yango Creek		Cessnock	-32.9983°N 151.0844°W
Yarrabandai Creek	Yarrabundie Creek,; Yarrabundry Creek,; Yarrabandi Creek,; Sandy Creek,	Forbes	-33.0983°N 147.5678°W
Yarramanbah Creek	Yarrimanbah Creek	Liverpool Plains	-31.6817°N 150.4178°W
Yarrangobilly	Heads of Yarrangobilly River	Tumut	-35.6483°N 148.5011°W
Yarrow		Glen Innes Severn	-29.865°N 151.9178°W
Yarrowitch		Walcha	-31.165°N 152.0511°W
Yarrunga Creek		Wingecarribee	-34.6817°N 150.4678°W
Yass	Cohen Creek (Part)	Palerang	-35.015°N 149.2511°W
Yowaka	Back Creek	Bega Valley	-36.99°N 149.8261°W
Yowrie	Yourie River	Bega Valley	-36.3317°N 149.7011°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.