Myall River

Myall River
Upper Myall River^[1]
Myall River; Upper Myall River
	Singing Bridge across the Myall River at Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest.
Etymology	Aboriginal: myall, a small silver-grey wattle tree
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	NSW North Coast (IBRA), Mid North Coast, Hunter
Local government area	Mid-Coast Council
Town	Bulahdelah, Tea Gardens, Hawks Nest
Physical characteristics
Source	Kyle Range, Great Dividing Range
• location	north northeast of Stroud
• elevation	352 m (1,155 ft)
Mouth	Port Stephens
• location	at Hawks Nest
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	92 km (57 mi)
Basin size	819 km2 (316 sq mi)
Basin features
River system	Mid-Coast Council
Tributaries
• left	Kyle Creek, Pipers Creek (Great Lakes, New South Wales)
• right	Crawford River, Little Myall River, Monkey Jacket Creek
National park	Myall Lakes NP

Myall River, an open semi-mature brackish freshwater barrier estuary^[5] of the Mid-Coast Council^[3] system, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features[]

Myall River rises of the southern slopes of Kyle Range within the Great Dividing Range, north northeast of Stroud, and flows generally south southeast then southwest, joined by tributaries including, before reaching its mouth within Port Stephens at Hawks Nest. Port Stephens then empties into the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean. The river descends 355 metres (1,165 ft) over its 92 kilometres (57 mi) course.^[4]

After flowing past the town of Bulahdelah, east of the small settlement of , the Myall River enters the most southern of the three Ramsar-protected Myall Lakes, Bombah Broadwater, within the Myall Lakes National Park. The flow of the river runs adjacent to the coastline and through both the Little Brasswater and the Brasswater near the towns of Tea Gardens, and Hawks Nest.^[4]

Two notable bridges cross the Myall River. The Bulahdelah Bridge, carries the Pacific Highway, across the river north of Bulahdelah and the Singing Bridge crosses the river between Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest..

Etymology[]

The word myall is an Australian Aboriginal term for a small silver-grey wattle tree.^[2]

References[]

^ "Myall River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b Reed, A. W. (1973). Place names of Australia (1984 reprint ed.). Reed Books. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-589-07115-8.
^ ^a ^b "Lakes". Great Lakes Tourism. Mid-Coast Council. Archived from the original on 25 March 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Map of Myall River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
^ Roy, P. S; Williams, R. J; Jones, A. R; Yassini, I; et al. (2001). "Structure and Function of South-east Australian Estuaries". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 53: 351–384. doi:10.1006/ecss.2001.0796.

External links[]

"Karuah River and Great Lakes catchments" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales.

Coordinates: 32°14′S 152°10′E / 32.233°S 152.167°E / -32.233; 152.167

[gnb-1] "Myall River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 March 2013.

[reed-2] Reed, A. W. (1973). Place names of Australia (1984 reprint ed.). Reed Books. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-589-07115-8.

[glt-3] "Lakes". Great Lakes Tourism. Mid-Coast Council. Archived from the original on 25 March 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.

[bonzle-4] "Map of Myall River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 18 March 2013.

[roy-5] Roy, P. S; Williams, R. J; Jones, A. R; Yassini, I; et al. (2001). "Structure and Function of South-east Australian Estuaries". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 53: 351–384. doi:10.1006/ecss.2001.0796.

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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
Category

v t Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia
Federal divisions	Cowper Lyne
State electorates	Coffs Harbour Myall Lakes Oxley Port Macquarie
Local government areas	Bellingen Coffs Harbour Kempsey Nambucca Valley Port Macquarie-Hastings Greater Taree
Cities	Coffs Harbour
Towns / suburbs	Arakoon Batar Bellingen Birdwood Boambee Bonny Hills Bonville Bostobrick Bowraville Camden Haven Collombatti Comboyne Coopernook Coramba Corindi Beach Crescent Head Cundletown Dorrigo Ellenborough Forster Frederickton Hannam Vale Harrington Hat Head Herons Creek Jerseyville Karangi Kempsey Kendall Kew Kinchela Kindee Kolodong Krambach Kundabung Lake Cathie Lansdowne Laurieton Long Flat Lowanna Macksville Manning Point Mylestom Nambucca Heads Nana Glen Newee Creek New Entrance North Haven Oceanside Old Bar Park Beach Port Macquarie Raleigh Repton Sawtell Scotts Head Smithtown South West Rocks Taree Taylors Arm Telegraph Point Thora Toms Creek Tinonee Toormina Tuncurry Ulong Urunga Valla Warrell Creek Wingham Woolgoolga Wauchope
Rivers	Apsley Barnard Barrington Bellinger Bowman Camden Haven Cells Christmas Coolongolook Cooplacurripa Crawford Dawson Doyles Ellenborough Forbes Georges Hastings Kalang Kunderang Lansdowne Macleay Manning Maria Mummel Myall Lakes Myall Nambucca Never Never Nowendoc Pappinbarra Pipers Ralfes Rosewood Rowleys Smiths Lake Stewarts Taylors Throne Tobins Walcrow Wallamba Wallingat Wallis Lake Wang Wauk Williams Wilson
Ranges and mountains	Banda Banda Three Brothers
National parks / Nature reserves / Important Bird Areas	Coocumbac Island Nature Reserve Dooragan NP Ellenborough Falls Hastings-Macleay IBA Hat Head NP Kattang Nature Reserve Limeburners Creek NP Maria NP Middle Brother NP Sea Acres NP
Major tourist attractions	Big Banana Billabong Zoo North Coast Regional Botanic Garden Willi Willi Caves

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

Myall River

Contents

Course and features[]

Etymology[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

Myall River Upper Myall River^[1]
Singing Bridge across the Myall River at Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest.
Etymology	Aboriginal: myall, a small silver-grey wattle tree^[2]
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	NSW North Coast (IBRA), Mid North Coast, Hunter
Local government area	Mid-Coast Council
Town	Bulahdelah, Tea Gardens, Hawks Nest
Physical characteristics

Source	Kyle Range, Great Dividing Range
• location	north northeast of Stroud
• elevation	352 m (1,155 ft)

Mouth	Port Stephens
• location	at Hawks Nest
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	92 km (57 mi)
Basin size	819 km² (316 sq mi)
Basin features
River system	Mid-Coast Council^[3]
Tributaries
• left	Kyle Creek, Pipers Creek (Great Lakes, New South Wales)
• right	Crawford River, Little Myall River, Monkey Jacket Creek
National park	Myall Lakes NP
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