Wards River

Wards River
Wards River
Etymology	In honour of William Ward, a founding director of AA Co
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	NSW North Coast (IBRA), Mid North Coast, Upper Hunter
Local government area	Mid-Coast Council
Physical characteristics
Source	Kyle Range, Great Dividing Range
• location	near Waukivory, Gloucester
• elevation	399 m (1,309 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Mammy Johnsons River
• location	Johnsons Creek, near Stroud
• elevation	65 m (213 ft)
Length	31 km (19 mi)
Basin features
River system	Mid-Coast Council
Tributaries
• right	Spring Creek (New South Wales)

Wards River, a mostly perennial river of the Mid-Coast Council^[2] system, is located in the Mid North Coast and Upper Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Wards River rises within Kyle Range of the Great Dividing Range, near Waukivory, south southeast of Gloucester, and flows generally west and south, joined by one minor tributary, before reaching its confluence with Mammy Johnsons River at the locale of Johnsons Creek, north of Stroud. The river descends 334 metres (1,096 ft) over its 31 kilometres (19 mi) course.^[3]

First surveyed by European explorers during the 1820s, the river was named in honour of William Ward, a founding director of Australian Agricultural Company.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Wards River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Lakes". Great Lakes Tourism. Great Lakes Council. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Map of Wards River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

External links

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

32°15′S 151°57′E / 32.250°S 151.950°E / -32.250; 151.950

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[gnb-1] "Wards River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

[glt-2] "Lakes". Great Lakes Tourism. Great Lakes Council. Retrieved 17 March 2013.

[bonzle-3] "Map of Wards River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

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v t e 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 e Towns, suburbs and localities of Mid-Coast Council, New South Wales
Towns, suburbs and localities	Allworth Back Creek Barrington 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 Green Point Hannam Vale Harrington Hawks Nest Johns River Karuah Killabakh Koorainghat Krambach Lansdowne 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 Booti Booti Ghin-Doo-Ee Myall Lakes Wallingat
Other places and points of interest	Broughton Island Cape Hawke Gloucester Tops Mitchells Island Tahlee historic property Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Bridge

Course and features

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