Goodradigbee River

Goodradigbee Little River, Murray Creek
Goodradigbee River in the Brindabella Valley
Location of the Goodgradigbee River mouth in New South Wales
Etymology	meaning "water running over rocks"
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Australian Alps (IBRA), Snowy Mountains, Capital Country, Riverina
LGAs	Tumut, Yass
Town	Wee Jasper
Physical characteristics
Source	Snowy Mountains
• location	near Mount Morgan
• coordinates	35°43′27″S 148°47′29″E
• elevation	1,650 m (5,410 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Murrumbidgee River
• location	Lake Burrinjuck
• coordinates	35°00′S 148°38′E
• elevation	345 m (1,132 ft)
Length	105 km (65 mi)
Basin features
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
• right	Rolling Grounds Creek, Blackfellows Creek, Brindabella Creek, Flea Creek, Betty Brook Creek, Sugarloaf Creek
Reservoir	Lake Burrinjuck
[1]

Goodradigbee River, a perennial stream^[2] 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 1,650 metres (5,410 ft) and flows generally north west, joined by fifteen minor tributaries towards its mouth at the confluence with the Murrumbidgee River at Burrinjuck Dam; dropping 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) over the course of the river's length of 105 kilometres (65 mi).^[1]

The majority of the catchment (95%) is forested with the upper catchment within the Kosciuszko National Park. The catchment is 110,100 hectares (272,000 acres) 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

An alternative name for the river was 'Little River' and it was officially known as "Goodradigbee (or Little) River", until 22 May 1970.^[6][7]

See also

• List of rivers of Australia § New South Wales
• List of rivers of New South Wales (A–K)

References

1. "Map of Goodradigbee River". Bonzle.com. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
2. "Goodradigbee River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
3. Lintermans, Mark (2002). "Fish in the Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment: A Review of Current Knowledge – Methods" (PDF). Environment ACT. ACT Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2007.
4. Augmentation of Canberra Water Supply – proposals to utilise the Murrumbidgee and Goodgradigbee Rivers. SMEC Holdings. August 1968.
5. "Wee Jasper Bridge over Goodradigbee River". Heritage and conservation register. Roads & Maritime Services. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
6. "Tramps and Trips About Yass". Yass Evening Tribune. 17 November 1927. p. 6. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
7. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT, 1966". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 64. 22 May 1970. p. 1923. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

External links

• "Murrumbidgee and Lake George catchments" (map). Office of Environment & Heritage. Government of New South Wales.