List of rivers of Australia

thumb|360px|Major rivers of Australia

Rivers are ordered alphabetically, by state. The same river may be found in more than one state as many rivers cross state borders.

Longest rivers nationally

thumb|A branch of the [[Murray River, near Howlong, New South Wales.]]

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Longest rivers in Australia by length (September 2008)

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Order

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | River name

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | System

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Length

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Source

! scope="col" | km

! scope="col" | miles

| scope="row" | 1

| Murray River

| Murray-Darling

| rowspan="7" |

| scope="row" | 2

| Murrumbidgee River

| Murray-Darling

| scope="row" | 3

| Darling River

| Murray-Darling

| scope="row" | 4

| Lachlan River

| Murray-Darling

| scope="row" | 5

| Warrego River

| Murray-Darling

| scope="row" | 6

| Cooper Creek

| Lake Eyre

| scope="row" | 7

| Paroo River

| Murray-Darling

Longest river by state or territory

Although the Murray River forms much of the border separating New South Wales and Victoria, it is not Victoria's longest river because the New South Wales border is delineated by the river's southern bank rather than by the middle of the river. The only section of the river formally within Victoria is a stretch of approximately where it separates Victoria and South Australia. At this point, the middle of the river forms the border.

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|+Longest rivers in each state or territory (December 2012)

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | State/territory

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | River name

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Length

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Source

! scope="col" | km

! scope="col" | miles

| scope="row" | Australian Capital Territory

| Murrumbidgee River

| rowspan="8" | In the following list, where there are duplicated names, the source local government area (LGA) is identified. In the event of there being two rivers of the same name within the same local government area, additional referencing is provided. Rivers of New South Wales lists all rivers below, grouped according to whether the river flows towards the coast or flow inland, and grouped according to their respective catchment and sub-catchment. Where shown in italics, the watercourse is a creek, rivulet, brook, or similar.

Rivers of New South Wales template
Waterways of Sydney template

Abercrombie
Aberfoyle
Abington
Adelong
Adjungbilly
Allyn
Apsley
Araluen
Avon (source in Wollongong LGA)
Avon (source in Mid-Coast Council LGA)

Back (source in Richmond Valley LGA)
Back (source in Cooma-Monaro LGA)
Back (source in Tamworth Regional LGA)
Baerami
Bakers
Balgalal
Barcoongere
Bargo
Barigan
Barmedman
Barnard
Barrington
Barwon
Beardy
Beardy Waters
Beaury
Bedford
Bega
Bell
Bellinger
Belubula
Bemboka
Bendoc
Bermagui
Berthong
Bettowynd
Bielsdown
Big Badja
Billabong
Bimberamala
Birrie
Blackwater
Blakney
Bland
Blicks
Blue Mountain
Bluff
Bobin
Bobo
Bogan
Bokhara
Bolong
Bombala
Boomi
Boonoo Boonoo
Boorowa
Boundary (source in Clarence Valley LGA, a tributary of the Glen Fernaigh River)
Boundary (source in Clarence Valley LGA, a tributary of the Nymboida River)
Bow
Bowman
Bowning
Boyd
Bredbo
Brogo
Brunswick
Buckenbowra
Bulla
Bundock
Bunnoo
Burke
Burkes
Burns
Burra (source in Palerang LGA)
Burra (source in Gundagai LGA)
Burrungubugge
Bylong

Cadiangullong
Camden Haven
Campbells
Caparra
Capertee
Carole
Castlereagh
Cataract (source in Tenterfield LGA)
Cataract (source in Wollondilly LGA)
Cattle Creek
Cedar
Cedar Party
Cells
Chandler
Chandlers
Cheshire
Chichester
Christmas
Clarence
Clouds
Clyde
Cobark
Cobrabald
Cockburn
Coldstream
Colo
Commissioners Waters
Congewai
Connollys
Cooba Bulga
Cooks
Cooks Vale
Coolaburragundy
Coolibah
Coolongolook
Coolumbooka
Cooma Back
Cooma
Coopers
Cooplacurripa
Coorongooba
Corang
Cordeaux
Corindi
Cowriga
Coxs
Crawford
Crookwell
Crudine
Cudgegong
Culgoa
Cullinga
Cunningham
Curricabark

Darling
Great Darling Anabranch
Dawson
Deepwater
Delegate
Derringullen
Deua
Dilgry
Dingo
Doubtful
Doyles
Dry
Du Faur
Duckmaloi
Dumaresq
Dungowan
Dyke

Eden
Edward
Ellenborough
Emu Swamp
Endrick
Erskine
Esk
Eucumbene
Evans Plains
Evans
Ewenmar

Felled Timber
Fish
Flyers
Forbes
Frenchmans
Frazers

Gara
Geehi
Genoa
Georges
Georges
Glen Fernaigh
Gloucester
Goobarragandra
Goodradigbee
Goorudee
Goulburn
Grose
Growee
Gungarlin
Gunningbland
Guy Fawkes
Gwydir

Hacking
Halls
Happy Jacks
Hastings
Hawkesbury
Henry
Hollanders
Horsearm
Horton
Hunter

Imlay
Ingeegoodbee
Isabella
Isis

Jacobs
Jeir
Jenolan
Jerra Jerra
Jerrabattgulla
Jerrara
Jerrawa
Jooriland
Jugiong

Kalang
Kanangra
Kangaroo (source in Clarence Valley LGA)
Kangaroo (source in Shoalhaven LGA)
Karuah
Kedumba
Kerripit
Kindra
Kowmung
Krui
Kunderang
Kybeyan

Lachlan
Lane Cove
Lansdowne
Lee
Leycester
Little Murray
Little Nymboida
Little Plains
Little (source in Wollondilly LGA)
Little (source in Dubbo LGA)
Little (source in Oberon LGA)
Little (source in Wingecarribee LGA)
Little Run
Little Weir
Lennox River (proposed name)

Macdonald (source in Tamworth LGA)
Macdonald (source in Singleton LGA)
Macintyre
Maclaughlin
Macleay
Macquarie
Macquarie
Mammy Johnsons
Mangrove
Mann
Manning
Maria
Maryland
Medway
Mehi
Meroo
Merrica
Merriwa
Middle
Minnamurra
Mirrool
Mogo
Mole
Molonglo
Mongarlowe
Moonan
Mooney Mooney
Mooki
Mooni
Moppy
Moredun
Moruya
Mowamba
Mulga
Mulla Mulla
Mulwaree
Mummel
Munmurra
Murrah
Murray
Murruin
Murrumbidgee
Myall

Nadgee
Nadgigomar
Nambucca
Namoi
nangahrah
Narran
Nattai
Nepean
Never Never
Niemur
Nowendoc
Nowlands
Nullica
Numeralla
Nunnock
Nymboida

Oaky
Oban
O'Briens
Orara
Ourimbah
Oxley

Paddys (source in Wingecarribee LGA)
Paddys (source in Tumbarumba LGA)
Pages
Pages
Pambula
Pappinbarra
Parma
Paroo
Parramatta
Paterson
Peak
Peel (A Section Of)
Peel
Peelwood
Phils
Pigna Barney
Pinch
Pinchgut
Pipers Creek
Pudman

Queanbeyan
Queen Charlottes
Queens Pound
Queensborough
Quegobla
Quirindi

Ralfes
Reedy
Retreat
Richmond
River Lett
Rock Flat
Rocky Ponds
Rocky
Rosewood
Rouchel
Rous
Rowleys
Rufus
Rush

Sandon
Sandy (source in Bland LGA)
Sandy (source in Cobar LGA)
Sandy (source in Richmond Valley LGA)
Sandy (source in Tamworth Regional LGA)
Sara
Severn
Sewells
Shannon
Shoalhaven
Snowy
Stewarts
Stewarts
Strike-a-Light
Styx
Summer Hill
Swampy Plain

Tabulam
Talbragar
Tallawudjah
Tallowa
Tarcutta
Tarlo
Tarrion
Taylors Arm
Telegherry
Terania
The Big Warrambool
The Branch
Thompsons
Thone
Thredbo
Tia
Tilbuster
Timbarra
Tindarey
Tobins
Tomaga
Tonalli
Tooloom
Tooma
Towallum
Towamba
Trigalong
Tuglow
Tumut
Turners
Turon
Tuross
Tweed

Undowah
Upsalls
Urumbilum

Wadbilliga
Wah Way
Walcrow
Wallagaraugh
Wallamba
Wallingat
Wang Wauk
Wangat
Warbro
Wards
Warialda
Warnes
Warragamba
Warrego
Warrell
Watagan
Webbs
Werong
Werriberri
Wheeny
Wheeo
Whitbarrow
White Rock
Widden
Wild Cattle
Williams
Williwa
Wilson
Wilsons
Winburndale
Wingecarribee
Wog Wog
Wolgan
Wollangambe
Wollemi
Wollombi
Wollomombi
Wollondilly
Wonboyn
Wooli Wooli
Worondi
Woronora
Wyong

Yadboro
Yancowinna
Yanda
Yango
Yarrabandai
Yarramanbah
Yarrangobilly
Yarrow
Yarrowitch
Yarrunga
Yass
Yowaka
Yowrie

Northern Territory

Rivers of the Northern Territory template
Adelaide
Alligator Rivers
East Alligator
South Alligator
West Alligator
Buckingham
Blackmore
Blyth
Calvert
Daly
Douglas
Dry
Elizabeth
Finke
Fish
Fitzmaurice
Georgina
Goomadeer
Goromuru
Goyder
Gregory
Hale
Hay
Hodgson
Johnson
Katherine
Keep
King
Koolatong
Limmen Bight
Liverpool
MacKinley
Mary
Moyle
McArthur
Negri
Nicholson
Palmer
Playford
Plenty
Robinson
Roper
Rosie
Sandover
Settlement
Todd
Towns
Victoria
Walker
Wearyan
Wickham
Wildman
Wilton

Queensland

Rivers of Queensland template
Waterways of Brisbane template

Albert
Alice
Annan
Archer

Baffle
Balonne
Banksia
Barcoo
Barratta
Barron
Barwon
Basalt
Belyando
Black
Bloomfield
Bohle
Boomi
Bokhara
Bowen
Boyne (Central Queensland)
Boyne (Wide Bay–Burnett)
Bremer
Brisbane
Broken
Diamantina
Don
Ducie
Dumaresq

Edward
Elliott
Embley
Endeavour
Enoggera
Eprapah
Esk

Flinders
Fitzroy

Georgina
Gilbert-Einasleigh
Gilliat
Gregory

Hann
Haughton
Herbert

Holroyd

Isaac
Isis
Ithaca

Jackey Jackey
Jardine
Jeannie
Johnstone

Kedron
Kendall
Kolan

Langlo
Laura
Leichhardt
Lockhart
Lockyer
Loders
Logan
Lynd

Mackenzie
Maranoa
Maroochy
Mary
Mcdonald
Merivale
Mission
Mitchell
Moggill
Mooloolah
Moonie
Mossman
Mulgrave

Nerang
Nicholson
Nive
Nogoa
Norman
Norman
Normanby
Noosa
North Pine

O'Connell
Olive
Oxley

Palmer
Paroo
Pascoe
Pennefather
Pike
Pimpama
Pine
Pioneer
Proserpine

Ross
Russell

Sandover
Saxby
Settlement
Severn
South Pine
Staaten
Stanley
Stuart
Stewart
Styx (East Central Queensland)
Styx (West Central Queensland)
Susan
Suttor

Tallebudgera
Tate
Thomson
Tingalpa
Tully

Walsh
Wanggoolba
Warrego
Ward
Ward
Water Park
Watson

Weir
Wenlock

Wilson

Yappar

South Australia

Rivers of South Australia template
Acraman
Alberga
Anacotilla
Angas
Breakneck
Bremer
Broughton
Bungala
Chapman
Congeratinga
Cooper
Crystal Brook
Currency
Cygnet
De Mole
Diamantina
Eleanor
Eyre
Field
Finniss
Finke
Frome
Gawler
Georgina
Gilbert
Glenelg
Harriet
Hill
Hindmarsh
Hutt
Inman
Jacobs
Kallakoopah
Light
Little Para
Macumba
Marne
Middle
Murray
Myponga
Neales
North Para
North West
Officer
Onkaparinga
Panalatinga
Parananacooka
Patawalonga
Port
Rocky (Kangaroo Island)
Rocky (Mid North)
Sandy
Siccus
South Para
South West
Strzelecki
Stun Sail Boom
Sturt
Tod
Torrens
Wakefield
Warburton
Western
Willson
Yankalilla
Yattagolinga

Tasmania

Rivers of Tasmania template
Adams
Andrew
Anne
Anthony
Apsley
Arm
Arthur
Arve
Badger
Black
Black Bobs
Blackman
Blythe
Boyd
Break O'Day
Bream
Broad
Browns
Cam
Cascade
Clyde
Coal
Cockle
Collingwood
Craycroft
Crayfish
Davey
Dee
Denison
Derwent
Don
Donaldson
Dover
Duck
Elizabeth
Emu
Esperance
Florentine
Flowerdale
Forth
Franklin
Gordon
Great Forester
Hellyer
Henty
Hobart
Holley
Huon
Inglis
Isis
James
Jane
Jordan
King
Lea
Leven
Liffey
Little Swanport
Lune
Mackintosh
Macquarie
Meander
Mersey
Murchison
Nile
Nive
North Esk
Ouse
Picton
Pieman
Pipers
Pokana
Queen
Ringarooma
Ringarooma (Lower)
Rubicon
Savage
Serpentine
Shannon
Sophia
South Esk
Spero
Styx
Swan
Tamar
Tooms
Tully
Tyne
Vale
Weld
Wye
Yolande

Victoria

Rivers of Victoria template
Waterways of Melbourne template

Aberfeldy
Acheron
Ada (Baw Baw)
Ada (East Gippsland)
Agnes
Aire
Albert
Anglesea
Arte
Avoca
Avon (Gippsland)
Avon (Grampians)

Barham
Barkly
Barwon
Bass
Bemm
Bendoc
Benedore
Berrima
Betka
Big (Brodribb)
Big (Goulburn)
Big (Mitta Mitta)
Black
Bonang
Brodribb
Broken
Buchan
Buckland
Buffalo
Bundara
Bunyip

Calder
Caledonia
Campaspe
Cann
Cann River East
Carlisle
Catherine
Chetwynd
Cobungra
Coliban
Combienbar
Crawford
Crooked
Cumberland
Curdies

Dandongadale
Darby
Dargo
Darlot Creek
Dart
Deddick
Delatite
Delegate
Don
Dry
Dundas

Elliott
Errinundra
Eumeralla

Fitzroy
Ford
Franklin

Geary
Gellibrand
Genoa
Gibbo
Glenelg
Goolengook
Goulburn
Grey

Hartland
Hopkins
Howqua
Humffray

Ingeegoodbee

Jack (East Gippsland)
Jack (Wellington)
Jamieson
Johanna
Jordan

Kennet
Kiewa
King

Lang Lang
Latrobe
Leigh
Lerderderg
Little (Avon)
Little (Cathedral Range)
Little (Greater Geelong)
Little (Moroka)
Little (Snowy River NP)
Little (Sydenham Inlet)
Little (Tambo)
Little Arte
Little Coliban
Little Dargo
Little Goolengook
Little Murray
Little Rubicon
Little Yalmy
Little Yarra
Loch
Loddon

Macalister
MacKenzie
McKenzie
Maribyrnong
Merri
Mitchell
Mitta Mitta
Moe
Moroka
Moorabool
Mount Emu Creek
Morwell
Moyne
Mueller
Murray
Murrindal
Murrindindi

Nicholson

Ovens
O'Shannassy

Patterson
Parker
Perry
Plenty
Powlett

Queensborough

Red
Rich
Richardson
Rocky
Rodger
Rose
Royston
Rubicon

Saint Patricks
St George
Shaw
Snowy
Steavenson
Stokes
Suggan Buggan
Surrey

Taggerty
Tambo
Tanjil
Taponga
Tarago
Tarra
Tarwin
The Old
Thomson
Thurra
Tidal
Timbarra
Toorongo
Turton
Tyers

Victoria

Wallagaraugh
Wando
Wannon
Watts
Wellington
Wentworth
Werribee
Wimmera
Wingan
Woady Yaloak
Wonnangatta
Wongungarra
Wye

Yalmy
Yarra
Yarrowee
Yea
Yeerung

Western Australia

Abba
Adcock
Alexander
Angelo
Angove
Armanda
Arrowsmith
Arthur
Ashburton
Avon

Balgarup
Balla Balla
Bannister
Barker
Barnett
Barton
Beasley
Beaufort
Behn
Berckelman
Berkeley
Blackwood
Bow (southern Western Australia)
Bow (northern Western Australia)
Bowes
Bremer
Brockman
Brunswick
Buayanyup
Buchanan
Buller

Calder
Cane
Canning
Capel
Carbunup
Carson
Chamberlain
Chapman
Charnley
Collie
Coongan

Dale
Dalyup
Dandalup
De Grey
Deep
Denmark
Donnelly
Drysdale
Dunham
Durack

Edmund
Elvire
Ernest
Eyre

Ferguson
Fitzgerald
Fitzroy
Forrest
Fortescue
Frankland
Fraser
Frederick

Gairdner (southern Western Australia)
Gairdner (northern Western Australia)
Gascoyne
Gibb
Glenelg
Goodga
Gordon
Greenough

Hamersley
Hann
Hardey
Harding
Harvey
Hay
Helena
Henry
Hill

Hope
Hotham
Hunter
Hutt

Impey
Irwin
Isdell

Jerdacuttup
Johnston

Kalgan
Kent
King Edward
King George
King (northern Western Australia)
King (southern Western Australia)

Landor
Laur
Lockhart
Lennard
Lort
Ludlow
Lyons

Mackie
Maitland
Margaret (northern Western Australia)
Margaret (southern Western Australia)
Mary
May
McRae
Meda
Minilya
Mitchell
Moore
Mortlock
Munglinup
Murchison
Murray

Nambung
Negri
Nicholson
Nullagine

Oakover
Oldfield
Ord

Pallinup
Panton
Pentecost
Phillips
Preston
Prince Regent

Richenda
Robe
Robinson
Roe
Rudall

Sabina
Sale
Salt
Serpentine
Shannon
Shaw
Sherlock
South Dandalup
Steere
Swan

Thomas
Tone
Turner

Vasse

Walpole
Warren
Waychinicup
Weld
Williams
Wilson
Wooramel

Yalgar
Young
Yule

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Commented out rivers

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Andromache
Auburn

Cape
Carcoar
Chandler
Connors

Elliot
Etheridge

Gregory
Guyra

Howqua

Isaac

Jamieson

Langlo
Leichhardt
Liverpool
Lynd

Mooloolah

Nive
Nogo

Quidong

Tate

Wakefield
Walsh
Waukivory

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List of major rivers by basin

Australia's largest primary rivers

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!River

!Length

!Drainage area

!Average discharge

| colspan="4" | I. North East Coast (NEC)

|Annan

|Baffle Creek

|Barratta Creek

|Barron

|Bloomfield

|Boyne

|Brisbane

|Burdekin

|Burnett

|Burrum

|Calliope

|Claudie

|Daintree

|Don

|Endeavour

|Fitzroy

|Harmer Creek

|Haughton

|Herbert

|Herbert Creek

|Jeannie

|Johnstone

|Kolan

|Liverpool Creek

|Logan

|Lockhart

|Mary

|Mcivor

|Meunga Creek

|Mulgrave

|Murray

|Murray Creek

|Nerang

|Nesbit

|Noosa

|Normanby

|O'Connell

|Olive

|Pascoe

|Pioneer

|Proserpine

|Ross

|South Maria Creek

|Stewart

|Styx

|Tully

|Other

| colspan="2" |The North East Coast basin total

| colspan="4" |

| colspan="4" |II. South East Coast (NSW)

South East Coast (SEV)

|Avon

|Barwon

|Bega

|Bellinger

|Bemm

|Bunyip

|Cann

|Clarence

|Clyde

|Curdies

|Eumeralla

|Fitzroy

|Gellibrand

|Genoa

|Georges

|Glenelg

|Hastings

|Hawkesbury

|Hopkins

|Hunter

|Karuah

|La Trobe

|Macleay

|Manning

|Merri

|Mitchell

|Moruya

|Moyne

|Myall

|Nambucca

|Patterson

|Richmond

|Shoalhaven

|Snowy

|Stewarts

|Tambo

|Tarwin

|Towamba

|Tuross

|Tweed

|Yarra

|Werribee

|Other

| colspan="2" |The South East Coast basin total

| colspan="4" |

| colspan="4" |III. South Australian Gulf (SAG)

| colspan="4" |

| colspan="4" |IV. South West Coast (SWC)

| colspan="4" |

| colspan="4" |V. Pilbara–Gascoyne (PG)

(Indian Ocean)

|Ashburton

|Cane

|Chapman

|De Grey*

|Fortescue

|Gascoyne

|George

|Gibb

|Greenough

|Harding

|Hutt

|Irwin

|Maitland

|Murchison

|Pardoo Creek

|Peawah

|Robe

|Sherlock

|Turner

|Yule

|Other

| colspan="2" |The Pilbara–Gascoyne basin total

| colspan="4" |

| colspan="4" |VI. Tanami–Timor Sea Coast (TTS)

|Adelaide

|Berkeley

|Blyth

|Buckingham

|Charnley

|Daly*

|Deep Creek

|Drysdale

|Durack

|East Alligator

|Finniss

|Fitzmaurice

|Mardoowarra Fitzroy

|Forrest

|Fraser

|Glenelg

|Glyde

|Goomadeer

|Isdell

|Keep

|King Edward

|King George

|Liverpool

|Mary

|May

|Meda

|Mitchell

|Moyle

|Murgenella Creek

|Ord

|Pentecost

|Prince Regent

|Reynolds

|Robinson

|Roe

|South Alligator

|Victoria

|West Alligator

|Wildman Creek

|Other

| colspan="2" |The Tanami–Timor Sea Coast basin total

| colspan="4" |

| colspan="4" |VII. Carpentaria Coast (CC)

|Archer

|Calvert

|Chapman

|Cliffdale Creek

|Coleman

|Ducie

|Edward

|Eight Mile Creek

|Embley

|Flinders

|Gilbert

|Hey

|Holroyd

|Jackson

|Jardine

|Kirke

|Koolatong

|Lagoon Creek

|Leichhardt

|Limmen Bight

|McArthur

|Mission

|Mitchell

|Nicholson

|Norman

|Robinson

|Roper*

|Rose

|Rosie Creek

|Settlement Creek

|Staaten

|Towns

|Walker

|Ward

|Watson

|Wearyan

|Wenlock

|Other

| colspan="2" |The Carpentaria Coast basin total

| colspan="4" |

| colspan="4" |VIII. Tasmania (TAS)

| colspan="4" |

| colspan="4" |IX. Murray–Darling Basin (MDB)

|Murray

| colspan="2" |The Murray–Darling basin total

| colspan="4" |

| colspan="4" |X. Lake Eyre Basin

Bulloo–Bancannia

| colspan="4" | Lake Eyre Basin

|Cooper Creek*

|Finke–Macumba

|Frome

|Hale–Todd

|Hay

|Neales

|Warburton–Georgina–Diamantina*

|Other

| colspan="4" |Bulloo–Bancannia Basin

|Bulloo

|Other

| colspan="2" |The Lake Eyre and Bulloo–Bancannia basin total

| colspan="4" |

| colspan="4" |XI. South Western Plateau (SWP)

North Western Plateau (NWP)

| colspan="4" |

| colspan="2" |Australia

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Daly–Katherine (682 km), Roper–Waterhouse (599 km), Cooper Creek–Barcoo (1,420 km), Warburton–Georgina (1,400 km); De Grey–Oakover (569 km);

List of rivers of Australia

Longest rivers nationally

Longest river by state or territory

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Commented out rivers

List of major rivers by basin

See also

References

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