Eumeralla Blackfellows Creek, Blackmans Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
State | Victoria |
Region | Victorian Midlands, Naracoorte Coastal Plain (IBRA), Western District |
Local government area | Glenelg Shire |
Town | Macarthur |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | northeast of Macarthur |
• coordinates | 37°55′18″S142°9′32″E / 37.92167°S 142.15889°E |
• elevation | 216 m (709 ft) |
Mouth | Portland Bay, Great Australian Bight |
• location | south of Yambuk |
• coordinates | 38°20′23″S142°2′45″E / 38.33972°S 142.04583°E Coordinates: 38°20′23″S142°2′45″E / 38.33972°S 142.04583°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 78 km (48 mi) |
Basin features | |
River system | Glenelg Hopkins catchment |
Tributaries | |
• right | Deep Creek (Eumeralla, Victoria), Breakfast Creek (Eumeralla, Victoria), Middle Creek (Eumeralla, Victoria), Shaw River |
Lake | Lake Yambuk |
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The Eumeralla River is a perennial river of the Glenelg Hopkins catchment, located in the Western District of Victoria, Australia.
The Eumeralla River rises northeast of Macarthur, and flows generally south, and then west through the town of Macarthur, before heading south by west until the settlement of Codrington where the river flows east parallel with the coastline, joined by four tributaries including the Shaw River. The Eumeralla empties into Lake Yambuk at the Yambuk Important Bird Area and reaches its mouth south of Yambuk and spills into Portland Bay in the Great Australian Bight. The river descends 217 metres (712 ft) over its 78-kilometre (48 mi) course. [1]
The river lends its name to the Eumeralla Wars, a notable conflict of the 1840s between European settlers and the traditional Gunditjmara indigenous inhabitants of the land surrounding the river. [2]
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The Shire of Moyne is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of 5,481 square kilometres (2,116 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 16,887. It includes the towns of Port Fairy, Koroit, Mortlake, Macarthur, Peterborough, Caramut, Ellerslie, Framlingham, Garvoc, Hawkesdale, Kirkstall, Panmure, Mailors Flat, Purnim, Wangoom and Woolsthorpe. It also entirely surrounds the City of Warrnambool, a separate local government area. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Belfast, Shire of Minhamite, Borough of Port Fairy, and parts of the Shire of Mortlake, Shire of Warrnambool, Shire of Dundas, Shire of Mount Rouse and Shire of Hampden.
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Deen Maar Indigenous Protected Area is an Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) located in south-west Victoria, Australia on land bounded by the Eumeralla River and Bass Strait. The IPA has an area of 4.53 square kilometres. The country consists of limestone ridges, wetlands, lakes and sand dunes. It is the traditional home of the Peek Whurrong speakers of the Dhauwurdwurung (Gunditjmara) Nation. The IPA takes its name from Deen Maar Island, which lies a short distance off the coast. It is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area. It is within the boundaries of the Yambuk Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for the conservation of threatened species such as the orange-bellied parrot and hooded plover.
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The Eumeralla Wars were the violent encounters over the possession of land between British colonists and Gunditjmara Aboriginal people in what is now called the Western District area of south west Victoria.
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