The Moruya River is an open and trained mature wave dominated barrier estuary or tidal river The bar is dangerous to shipping and as a result of its hazards for smaller ships and because it prevented access by larger ones, the major settlement in the area was first developed at nearby Broulee. In 1841 a flood cleared the bar and the town of Moruya, now accessible to shipping, developed at the expense of the settlement at Broulee despite later recurring problems with the bar, not least as it was the easiest point to access the rich Araluen goldfields from the 1850s.
Nature
Wildlife
Coast-favoring southern right whales may enter into the river mouth. Mordacia praecox is a species of southern topeyed lamprey that is found only in the Moroya and Tuross Rivers.
See also
- Rivers of New South Wales
- List of rivers of New South Wales (L–Z)
- List of rivers of Australia