Crooked River (Victoria)

For other uses, see Crooked River.

Crooked (Dow-wirra, Nirlung)
River
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Regions	Australian Alps (IBRA), Victorian Alps
Local government area	Shire of Wellington
Part of	Mitchell River catchment
Tributaries
- left	Good Luck Creek
- right	Brewery Creek (Victoria)
Source confluence	Twenty Five Mile Creek and Thirty Mile Creek
- location	south of Dinner Plain, Great Dividing Range
- elevation	653 m (2,142 ft)
- coordinates
Mouth	confluence with the Wongungarra River
- location	Alpine National Park
- elevation	287 m (942 ft)
- coordinates
Length	26 km (16 mi)
National park	Alpine NP
Location of the Crooked River mouth in Victoria

The Crooked River is a perennial river of the Mitchell River catchment, located in the Alpine region of the Australian state of Victoria.

Location and features

Formed by the confluence of the Twenty Five Mile Creek and Thirty Mile Creek, the Crooked River rises below The Tablelands, the fourth highest mountain pass in Victoria, within the Great Dividing Range, south of Dinner Plain. The river flows in a highly meandering course, generally south by west, joined by two minor tributaries before reaching its confluence with the Wongungarra River between the small settlements of Howittville and Winchester, within the Alpine National Park in the Shire of Wellington. The river descends 366 metres (1,201 ft) over its 26-kilometre (16 mi) course.

Etymology

In the Australian Aboriginal Brabralung dialect of the Gunai language, two variant names for the Crooked River are given as Dow-wirra, meaning "dry tree"; and Nirlung, meaning "plenty of water-hens".

See also

• List of rivers in Australia