Mirrool Creek, a

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that is part of the Lachlan sub-catchment of the Murrumbidgee

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in the

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, is in the

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region of

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, Australia. The course of the Mirrool Creek is indefinite at various locations.

Course and features

Mirrool Creek (technically a river) rises in the Ingalba Nature Reserve, about west by south of the town of , sourced by runoff from the Great Dividing Range. The creek flows generally north northwest, west, north by west, and west again for approximately , joined by four minor tributaries, before becoming indefinite approximately south southwest of . The Mirrool Creek rises again approximately east of and flows for approximately west southwest, and to the south of , , and Griffith, before heading northwest by north and flowing into the Barren Box Swamp, where the creek does not drain above the land surface. The Mirrool Creek rises again southwest of the village of and flows west and then west southwest, joined by one minor tributary, before reaching its confluence with the Lachlan River, north northwest of the town of . The creek descends over the entire course. The creek is crossed by the

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at the locality of and at the town of ; the

Kidman Way Kidman Way is a state rural road in the western Riverina and western region of New South Wales, Australia. The highway services the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and outback communities and links the Newell Highway with the Sturt, Mid-Wes ...

south of Hanwood and north of

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; the

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northeast of Hay; and the

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northwest of Hay.

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* * {{Rivers of New South Wales , state=autocollapse Rivers of New South Wales Tributaries of the Lachlan River Rivers in the Riverina

Course and features

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