Misc Info

Mount Kosciuszko

Ngarigo: Kunama Namadgi (snow mountain), Tar-gan-gil (Bogong Moth).

Australia's highest mountain, ignoring Mawson Peak (2,745 m) on Heard Island and Dome Argus (4,030 m) in the Australian Antarctic Territory. It was once an important summer Aboriginal gathering point where the Bogong Moth was used as a food source. Today the area is commonly visited by hikers and bikers in summer and skiers and snowboarders in winter.

Note that Tar-gan-gil is more commonly associated with Mt Townsend.

Murray River

Ngarrindjeri: Millewa, Yorta Yorta: Tongala

Australia's longest river at 2,531 km in length, flowing from the Cowombat Flat, VIC, in the Snowy Mountains down past Lake Alexandrina, SA, to Long Bay. It's path determines the border between NSW and VIC. It also makes up the final section of Australia's longest continuous river system, the Murray-Darling with a combined length of 3,917 km.

Captain Charles Sturt named the river in 1829 after Colonial Secretary Sir George Murray.

Murray-Darling catchment area

1,061,469 km² or one-seventh of Australia's total land mass and considered Australia's food bowl.

Major Settlements

Albury/Wodonga, Mulwala/Yarrawonga, Moama/Echuca, Swan Hill, Mildura, Renmark and Murray Bridge

Source

Elevation 1,430 m

Coordinates 36° 47' 46.0" S, 148° 11' 40.0" E

Australian Alps, NSW

Mouth

Elevation 0 m

Coordinates 35° 33' 27.3" S, 138° 52' 42.9" E

The Coorong, near Goolwa, SA