The Macquarie River (
Indigenous ''
palawa kani'': ''tinamarakunah''(''pron.'' teen.ner.mair.rer.koon.ner)) is a major
perennial river located in the
Midlands
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region of
Tasmania, Australia.
Location and features
The Macquarie River rises below
Tooms Lake, near Hobgoblin and flows generally south and then north-west and through the town of
Ross before reaching its
confluence
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with the
South Esk River near . The Tooms, Blackman,
Elizabeth,
Isis and
Lake rivers all are tributaries of the Macquarie. The river descends over its
course
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The traditional custodians of the Macquarie River Valley were the Tyerrernotepanner (chera-noti-pahner) Clan of the North Midlands Nation. The Tyerrernotepanner were a nomadic people who traversed country from the Central Plateau to the Eastern Tiers but were recorded as inhabiting 'resorts' in the Macquarie Valley at Ross, Ellenthorpe Hall, Glen Morriston and Tooms Lake/''moyentaliah''.]
See also
* Rivers of Tasmania
References
Rivers of Tasmania
Midlands (Tasmania)
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