Macquarie River (Tasmania)

Macquarie
	Location of the Macquarie River mouth in Tasmania
Etymology	Lachlan Macquarie
Location
Country	Australia
State	Tasmania
Region	Midlands (Tasmania)
Settlement	Ross
Physical characteristics
Source	Tooms Lake
⁃ location	Hobgoblin
⁃ coordinates	42°1′54″S147°45′53″E / 42.03167°S 147.76472°E
⁃ elevation	606 m (1,988 ft)
Mouth	South Esk River
⁃ location	Longford
⁃ coordinates	41°35′14″S147°7′31″E / 41.58722°S 147.12528°E Coordinates: 41°35′14″S147°7′31″E / 41.58722°S 147.12528°E
⁃ elevation	189 m (620 ft)
Length	189 km (117 mi)
Basin features
River system	South Esk River
Tributaries
⁃ left	Tooms River, Blackman River, Isis River, Lake River
⁃ right	Elizabeth River
	[1]

Last updated November 03, 2019

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 Tasmanian or Palawa languages were the languages indigenous to the island of Tasmania, used by Aboriginal Tasmanians. The languages were last used for daily communication in the 1830s, although the terminal speaker, Fanny Cochrane Smith, survived until 1905.

Palawa kani is a constructed language created by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre as a composite Tasmanian language, based on reconstructed vocabulary from the limited accounts of the various languages once spoken by the eastern Aboriginal Tasmanians. The Centre wishes to keep the language private until it is established in the community, and claims copyright. However, languages are not copyrightable under Australian or international law.

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Location and features

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 Longford. The Tooms, Blackman, Elizabeth, Isis and Lake rivers all are tributaries of the Macquarie.^[3] The river descends 472 metres (1,549 ft) over its 189-kilometre (117 mi) course.^[1]

Tooms Lake is the name of both a lake and a village in the eastern midlands of Tasmania. The lake is artificial and shallow covering 6.6 km² (2.5 sq mi)

Ross is a historic town in the Midlands of the state of Tasmania in Australia. On the Macquarie River, Ross is located 78 km south of Launceston and 117 km north of Hobart. The town is listed on the Register of the National Estate and is noted for its historic bridge, original sandstone buildings and convict history.

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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]

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References

1 2 "Map of Macquarie River, TAS". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
↑ Taylor, John (1996). "Dictionary of Palawa place names". State Library of Tasmania/Riuwanna - UTAS: 72.
↑ "Macquarie River and South Esk River Catchments". EPA Division. Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
↑ Plomley, Brian (1990). Tasmanian Tribes and Cicatrices as tribal indicators among the Tasmanian Aborigines. Launceston, Tasmania: QVMAG. p. 24.
↑ Kee, Sue (1990). Midlands Aboriginal Archeological Survey. Hobart, Tasmania: National Parks, Wildlife and Heritage Occasional Paper no 28. ISBN 07246 1738 8.

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[bonzle-1] 1 2 "Map of Macquarie River, TAS". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

[2] Taylor, John (1996). "Dictionary of Palawa place names". State Library of Tasmania/Riuwanna - UTAS: 72.

[3] "Macquarie River and South Esk River Catchments". EPA Division. Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.

[4] Plomley, Brian (1990). Tasmanian Tribes and Cicatrices as tribal indicators among the Tasmanian Aborigines. Launceston, Tasmania: QVMAG. p. 24.

[5] Kee, Sue (1990). Midlands Aboriginal Archeological Survey. Hobart, Tasmania: National Parks, Wildlife and Heritage Occasional Paper no 28. ISBN 07246 1738 8.

Macquarie River (Tasmania)

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