Gloucester River

Gloucester River
Upper reaches of the Gloucester River, at Gloucester Falls, within Barrington Tops National Park, 1997.
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
IBRA	NSW North Coast
District	Upper Hunter
Local government area	Dungog, Mid-Coast Council
Physical characteristics

Source	Gloucester Tops, Great Dividing Range
• location	north northwest of Dungog
• elevation	1,190 m (3,900 ft)

Mouth	confluence with the Manning River
• location	west of Wingham
• elevation	38 m (125 ft)
Length	102 km (63 mi)
Basin features
River system	Manning River catchment
Tributaries
• left	Barrington River, Bowman River
• right	Berrico Creek, Buggs Creek, Sandy Creek (Upper Hunter, New South Wales), Avon River
National park	Barrington Tops
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Gloucester River (/ˈɡlɒstər/ (listen) GLOS-tər), a perennial river and major tributary of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Mid North Coast hinterland New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features[]

Gloucester River rises within Gloucester Tops, on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, south east of Gloucester, and flows generally east northeast, joined by six tributaries including the Avon, Barrington, and Bowman rivers, before reaching its confluence with the Manning River, west of Wingham. The river descends 1,150 metres (3,770 ft) over its 102 kilometres (63 mi) course.^[1]

The headwaters of the river originate in the World Heritage Barrington Tops region, flowing through the Barrington Tops National Park comprising Antarctic Beech and Southern Sassafras high altitude rainforest. In the middle and lower reaches, the river flows through subtropical rainforest that includes Red Cedar and Rosewood trees.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery[]

The Gloucester River meandering through the Gloucester Valley, viewed from Bucketts Tops, near the town of Gloucester, 2013.
Cattle grazing on the banks of the Gloucester River, 1908. Photo courtesy of the NSW State Records Authority.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Map of Gloucester River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 16 March 2013.

External links[]

"Manning River catchments" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales.
"Gloucester Tops circuit". Barrington Tops National Park. NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
"Gloucester Falls walking track". Barrington Tops National Park. NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
"Gloucester River camping area (eastern section)". Campsites: NSW: Hunter Valley & Coast: Barrington Tops National Park. Explore Australia Publishing. 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
"Bucketts Walk & Drive". Sports & Recreation. Mid-Coast Council Council. 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.

show v t River systems and rivers of Hunter-Central Rivers catchment, New South Wales, Australia
Manning River	Avon Back Barnard Barrington Bobin Bowman Burns Caparra Cedar Party Cells Cobark Connollys Cooplacurripa Curricabark Dawson Dilgry Dingo Gloucester Kerripit Lansdowne Manning Moppy Mummel Nowendoc Pigna Barney Rowleys Walcrow
Great Lakes	Coolongolook Crawford Karuah Mammy Johnsons Myall Telegherry The Branch Wallamba Wallingat Wang Wauk Wards
Hunter Valley and Hunter River	Allyn Baerami Barigan Blackwater Bow Bylong Cattle Creek Cedar Chichester Congewai Cooba Bulga Goulburn Growee Hunter Isis Krui Lee Merriwa Moonan Munmurra Pages Creek Pages River Paterson Rouchel Stewarts Wangat Widden Williams Wollombi Worondi
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Rivers of the Northern Rivers catchment	Aberfoyle Apsley Back Barcoongere Bellinger Beaury Bielsdown Blicks Blue Mountain Bobo Boonoo Boonoo Boundary (Glen Fernaigh) Boundary (Nymboida) Boyd Brunswick Byrrill Camden Haven Cataract Chandler Chandlers Christmas Clarence Clouds Coldstream Commissioners Waters Coopers Corindi Doyles Dyke Eden Ellenborough Esk Evans Forbes Gara Georges Glen Fernaigh Guy Fawkes Hastings Henry Kalang Kangaroo Kunderang Leycester Little Murray Little Nymboida Macleay Mann Maria Maryland Nambucca Never Never Nowlands Nymboida Oaky Oban Orara Oxley Pappinbarra Pipers Ralfes Richmond Rosewood Rous Sandon Sandy Sara Shannon Stewarts Styx Taylors Arm Thone Tia Timbarra Tobins Tooloom Towallum Tweed Urumbilum Warnes Wilson Wilsons Wollomombi Wooli Wooli Yarrow Yarrowitch
Rivers of the Hunter-Central Rivers catchment	Allyn Avon Back Baerami Barigan Barnard Barrington Blackwater Bobin Bow Bowman Burns Bylong Caparra Cattle Creek Cedar Cedar Party Cells Chichester Cobark Congewai Connollys Cooba Bulga Coolongolook Cooplacurripa Crawford Curricabark Dawson Dilgry Dingo Gloucester Goulburn Growee Hunter Isis Karuah Kerripit Krui Lansdowne Mammy Johnsons Manning Merriwa Moonan Moppy Mummel Munmurra Myall Nowendoc Pages Creek Pages River Paterson Pigna Barney Rouchel Rowleys Stewarts Telegherry The Branch Walcrow Wallamba Wallingat Wangat Wang Wauk Wards Widden Williams Wollombi Worondi
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Rivers of the Southern Rivers catchment	Araluen Back Bega Bemboka Bendoc Bermagui Berrima Bettowynd Bimberamala Bombala Brogo Buckenbowra Burrungubugge Clyde Coolumbooka Corang Delegate Deua Endrick Eucumbene Genoa Goobarragandra Gungarlin Imlay Ingeegoodbee Jacobs Jerrabattgulla Kangaroo Lake Illawarra Little Plains Little Thredbo Maclaughlin Merrica Minnamurra Mongarlowe Moruya Mowamba Murrah Nadgee Nullica Nunnock Pambula Pinch Port Kembla Queensborough Queens Pound Shoalhaven Snowy St Georges Basin Thredbo Tomaga Towamba Tuross Twofold Bay Undowah Wadbilliga Wallagaraugh White Rock Wog Wog Wonboyn Yadboro Yowaka Yowrie

show v t Towns, suburbs and localities of Dungog Shire, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Towns, suburbs and localities	Clarence Town Dungog East Gresford Glen Martin Glen Oak Gresford Martins Creek Paterson Raglan Salisbury Torryburn Vacy
Rivers and other waterways	Barrington Chichester Gloucester Lostock Dam Paterson Williams
Other places and points of interest	Barrington Tops National Park Chichester Dam Mount Royal National Park Mount Royal Range

show v t Towns, suburbs and localities of Mid-Coast Council, in the Hunter & Mid North Coast Regions, New South Wales
Towns, suburbs and localities	Allworth Back Creek Barrington Black Head Blueys Beach Bobin Boomerang Beach Booral Bulahdelah Bungwahl Cabbage Tree Island Carrington Cedar Party Coolongolook Coopernook Cooplacurripa Copeland Cundletown Darawank Diamond Beach Dungog Elands Elizabeth Beach Failford Fernhill Forster Gloucester Hannam Vale Harrington Hawks Nest Johns River Karuah Killabakh Koorainghat Krambach Lansdowne Limeburners Creek Manning Point Mitchells Island Monkerai Mount George Nabiac Nooroo North Arm Cove Number One Old Bar Pacific Palms Purfleet Seal Rocks Smiths Lake Stratford Stroud Tahlee Taree Tea Gardens Tinonee Tuncurry Wallabi Point Wallis Island Wallis Lake Wingham
Rivers and other waterways	Avon River Barnard River Barrington River Bowman River Coolongolook River Cooplacurripa River Crawford River Curricabark River Gloucester River Karuah River Mammy Johnsons River Manning River Myall Lakes Myall River Smiths Lake Telegherry River The Branch River Wallamba River Wallingat River Wallis Lake Wards River
National parks	Barrington Tops National Park Booti Booti Ghin-Doo-Ee Myall Lakes Wallingat
Other places and points of interest	Broughton Island Cape Hawke Gloucester Tops Mitchells Island Port Stephens Singing Bridge Tahlee historic property Tops to Myall Heritage Trail

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Coordinates: 31°58′S 151°59′E / 31.967°S 151.983°E / -31.967; 151.983

Gloucester River

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