| Macquarie | |
| Name Etymology: | Lachlan Macquarie |
| Map Size: | 280 |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Tasmania |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 280 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Macquarie River mouth in Tasmania |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tasmania |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Midlands (Tasmania) |
| Subdivision Type5: | Settlement |
| Subdivision Name5: | Ross |
| Length: | 189km (117miles) |
| Source1: | Tooms Lake |
| Source1 Location: | Hobgoblin |
| Source1 Coordinates: | -42.0317°N 147.7647°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 606m (1,988feet) |
| Mouth: | South Esk River |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -41.5872°N 147.1253°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 189m (620feet) |
| River System: | South Esk River |
| Tributaries Left: | Tooms River, Blackman River, Isis River, Lake River |
| Tributaries Right: | Elizabeth River |
| Extra: | [1] |
The Macquarie River (Indigenous palawa kani: tinamarakunah[2] (pron. teen.ner.mair.rer.koon.ner)) is a major perennial river located in the Midlands region of Tasmania, Australia.
The Macquarie River rises below Tooms Lake, near Hobgoblin and flows generally south and then north-west and through the town of Ross before reaching its confluence with the South Esk River near . The Tooms, Blackman, Elizabeth, Isis and Lake rivers all are tributaries of the Macquarie.[3] The river descends over its 189km (117miles) course.[1]
The traditional custodians of the Macquarie River Valley were the Tyerrernotepanner (chera-noti-pahner) Clan of the North Midlands Nation.[4] The Tyerrernotepanner were a nomadic people who traversed country from the Central Plateau to the Eastern Tiers but were recorded as inhabiting 'resorts' in the Macquarie Valley at Ross, Ellenthorpe Hall, Glen Morriston and Tooms Lake/moyentaliah.[5]