Delatite River

Delatite (Wappang, Callathera, Kalylatherer, Kay-lath-er-rer, Pappang, Wapping)
Devil's
River
Delatite River near Mirimbah
Name origin: Aboriginal Daungwurrung: derived from Beolite
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Regions	South Eastern Highlands bioregion (IBRA), Northern Country/North Central
Local government area	Mansfield
Part of	Goulburn Broken catchment, Murray-Darling basin
Tributaries
- left	Lanky Creek
- right	Plain Creek, Stony Creek (Delatite River), Devil Plain Creek, River Creek, Howes Creek, Burnt Creek, Ford Creek, Brankeet Creek
Towns	Merrijig
Source	Victorian Alps, Great Dividing Range
- location	between Mount Stirling and Mount Buller
- elevation	1,490 m (4,888 ft)
- coordinates
Mouth	confluence with the Goulburn River
- location	Lake Eildon
- elevation	260 m (853 ft)
- coordinates
Length	85 km (53 mi)
National park	Lake Eildon National Park
Reservoir	Lake Eildon
Location of the Delatite River mouth in Victoria

The Delatite River, an inland perennial river of the Goulburn Broken catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the lower South Eastern Highlands bioregion and Northern Country/North Central regions of the Australian state of Victoria. The headwaters of the Delatite River rise on the western slopes of the Victorian Alps and descend to flow into the Goulburn River within Lake Eildon.

Location and features

The Delatite River rises in Howqua Gap, between the ski resort mountains of Mount Stirling and Mount Buller, of the Great Dividing Range. The river flows generally westwards, initially through rugged national park and state forests and, as the river descends, through more open woodlands. The river is joined by nine tributaries, passing north of the town of Merrijig before reaching its confluence in Lake Eildon, an impoundment formed on the Goulburn and Delatite rivers, just east of Eildon. The river descends 1,230 metres (4,040 ft) over its 85-kilometre (53 mi) course.

Etymology

In Australian Aboriginal languages, the river is variously named Wappang, Callathera, Kalylatherer or Kay-lath-er-rer, Pappang, and Wapping with no defined meanings for each of the words.

The name of the river is derived from the name of the wife of a former local indigenous leader Beolite, the leader of the yowung-illum-baluks of the Taungurung people, in the Daungwurrung language.

See also

• List of rivers of Victoria