Goulburn River, Victoria

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The Goulburn River is the largest river in the Australian state of Victoria. (The River Murray, although considerably larger again, is shared between Victoria and New South Wales.)

The headwaters of the Goulburn rise in the western end of the Victorian Alps, near Mount Buller. The Eildon Dam creates Lake Eildon, a major storage of water for irrigation.

North of Eildon the Goulburn enters the northern plains of Victoria and eventually flows into the Murray near Echuca. This area is a very productive irrigated agricultural district.

The Goulburn River was named after Henry Goulburn. There is also a Goulburn River in New South Wales.

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References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Goulburn_River,_Victoria" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goulburn_River,_Victoria, used under the GNU Free Documentation License