Bet Bet Creek in west Victoria starts below Ben Major, Victoria (west of Lexton) at an elevation of 479m and ends at an elevation of 165m flowing into the

Loddon River The Loddon River, an inland river of the northcentral catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the lower Riverina bioregion and Central Highlands and Loddon Mallee regions of the Australian state of Victoria. The headwaters ...

at the

Laanecoorie Reservoir Laanecoorie Weir or Laanecoorie Reservoir, is a water storage for irrigation and domestic purposes on the Loddon River, near the towns of Laanecoorie, Victoria and Eddington, Victoria. It was constructed by contractor Andrew O'Keefe (engineer ...

. The Bet Bet Creek drops around 314m over its 87.8 km length and ultimately contributes to the

Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest r ...

system. The six creeks flowing into the Bet Bet Creek are: Moina Creek (at 272m), Doctors Creek (at 264m), Caralulup Creek (at 253m), Timor Creek (at 190m), Carmanuel Creek (at 180m) and the Burnt Creek (at 177m). The

Shire of Bet Bet The Shire of Bet Bet was a local government area located about northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1861 until 1995. History Bet Bet was first incorporated as a roa ...

was a Victorian local government area located about 180 kilometres (112 mi) northwest of Melbourne.

Locations

Places

Bung Bong, Victoria Bung Bong is a locality in Victoria between the towns of Avoca and Maryborough. The locality is divided, with the Western section in the Pyrenees Shire and the Eastern section in Shire of Central Goldfields. The Bet Bet Creek (which separates t ...

is located at the boundary of the

Pyrenees Shire The Shire of Pyrenees is a local government area (LGA) in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 7,353. It includes the towns of Avoca, Beaufort, Lexton and ...

and the

Shire of Central Goldfields Central Goldfields Shire is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of and, in June 2018 had a population of 13,209. It includes the towns of Bealiba, Carisbrook, Dunolly, Ma ...

which are separated by the Bet Bet Creek.

Timor, Victoria Timor (/ˈtaɪˈmɔː/), short-speak for the adjoining localities of Bowenvale and Timor, in the Central Goldfields Shire of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Their shared boundary is north of Maryborough, Victoria and northwest of Me ...

is located on the Bet Bet Creek with the nearby "Bridge Inn".

Areas bounded

The

Electoral district of Avoca Avoca was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1889. It was based in northern Victoria. It was defined by the 1858 Electoral Act as: : McNeil's Creek now known as Bet Bet Creek ...

, as defined by the 1858 Electoral Act was bounded in-part by the Bet Bet Creek. The

County of Gladstone The County of Gladstone is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It is located between the Avoca River in the west and Loddon River and Bet Bet Creek in the east. The co ...

is bounded by the Bet Bet Creek to the east. The now abolished

Electoral district of Maldon The Electoral district of Maldon was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Maldon was created in the expansion of the Assembly in 1859 by the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858. Its area was defined by the Act: : also known ...

was bounded in-part by the Bet Bet Creek. The

Electoral district of Talbot Talbot was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian colony of Victoria from 1856 to 1859. It was based in western Victoria, bounded on the west by Bet Bet Creek, the north by the Loddon River, on the east by the C ...

from 1856 to 1859, was bounded on the west by the Bet Bet Creek. The now abolished

Electoral district of Maryborough (Victoria) The Electoral district of Maryborough was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly based on an area around Maryborough, Victoria. It was created in the expansion of the Assembly by the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858, which took effect ...

was bounded in-part by the Bet Bet Creek.

Hydrology

Stored salts have been liberated, predominantly due to erosion, into the upper tributaries of the catchment and these have accumulated lower down in the creek. This has degraded the water quality flowing into the Laanecoorie Reservoir. Early gold mining has produced some degradation of the creek environment.

Major floods

There were significant flooding of the creek in 1860, in 1870 and 1935.

Significant bridges

Two historically notable bridges over the Bet Bet Creek are the

Glenmona Bridge Glenmona Bridge is a riveted wrought iron lattice-girder deck-truss road bridge on the old route between the Ararat and central goldfields over the Bet Bet Creek at Bung Bong, Victoria. History The bridge was built in 1871 to replace an 1857 t ...

and Danns Bridge.

References

External links

Avoca and District Historical Society

Prior website of the Avoca and District Historical Society

{{Authority control Rivers of Victoria (Australia) Murray-Darling basin North-Central catchment Rivers of Loddon Mallee (region) Rivers of Grampians (region)