This is a table of river distances of various locations along the Murray, Darling and Namoi Rivers upstream from Hay, New South Wales.
Note that river distances are by their nature imprecise, will always be greater than straight line distances, and frequently greater than road distances. Note the discrepancy between two independent lists, highlighting the variability of conditions on the meandering river from season to season. The course chosen by the captain depends critically on the vessel's draught, the river's depth, and navigability of anabranches.
| Place | Side of river | River distance[1] from Wentworth |
River distance from Mannum |
River distance[2] from Wentworth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray junction | −0.5 miles (−0.80 km) | 415 miles (670 km) | ||
| Wentworth | 0 | 415 miles (670 km) | 0 | |
| Tapio | East | 30 miles (48 km) | 445 miles (720 km) | 40 miles (60 km) |
| Avoca stn. | 42 miles (70 km) | |||
| Para | 68 miles (109 km) | 483 miles (780 km) | 93 miles (150 km) | |
| Burtundy | South | 109 miles (180 km) | ||
| Middle Yards | 118 miles (190 km) | |||
| Mallara / Malara |
East | 137 miles (220 km) | 552 miles (890 km) | 188 miles (300 km) |
| Tarcoola | 138 miles (220 km) | 553 miles (890 km) | 191 miles (310 km) | |
| Pooncarie | East | 144 miles (230 km) | 559 miles (900 km) | 200 miles (320 km) |
| Polia | West | 174 miles (280 km) | 589 miles (950 km) | 240 miles (390 km) |
| Moorara | East | 187 miles (300 km) | 602 miles (970 km) | 257 miles (410 km) |
| Cuthero & anabranch entrance | West | 225 miles (360 km) | 640 miles (1,030 km) | 309 miles (500 km) |
| Tolarno | East | 260 miles (420 km) | 675 miles (1,090 km) | 360 miles (580 km) |
| Netley | West | 266 miles (430 km) | 681 miles (1,100 km) | 365 miles (590 km) |
| Potingie / Bothinga |
294 miles (470 km) | 709 miles (1,140 km) | 411 miles (660 km) | |
| Kinchega | West | 305 miles (490 km) | 720 miles (1,160 km) | 419 miles (670 km) |
| Menindee | 320 miles (510 km) | 735 miles (1,180 km) | 439 miles (710 km) | |
| Pamamaroo / Pamamara |
North | 342 miles (550 km) | 757 miles (1,220 km) | 469 miles (750 km) |
| Albermarle | 481 miles (770 km) | |||
| Weinteriga[3] | 400 miles (640 km) | 815 miles (1,310 km) | 547 miles (880 km) | |
| Tintinallogy | 564 miles (910 km) | |||
| Bililla / Billilla |
624 miles (1,000 km) | |||
| Culpaulla / Culpaulin |
644 miles (1,040 km) | |||
| Wilcannia | 513 miles (830 km) | 928 miles (1,490 km) | 694 miles (1,120 km) | |
| Mount Murchison HS | North | 522 miles (840 km) | 703 miles (1,130 km) | |
| Murtee | 721 miles (1,160 km) | |||
| Cultowa | South | 826 miles (1,330 km) | ||
| Nelyambo | 865 miles (1,390 km) | |||
| Walloo | 868 miles (1,400 km) | |||
| Marra | 894 miles (1,440 km) | |||
| Tankarooka | 899 miles (1,450 km) | |||
| Buckambie / Buckanbee |
918 miles (1,480 km) | |||
| Tilpa / Tilpah, Killara / Kallarra |
North | 944 miles (1,520 km)[4] | ||
| Murray’s | 979 miles (1,580 km) | |||
| Combadore | 984 miles (1,580 km) | |||
| Winbar | South | 1,032 miles (1,660 km) | ||
| Dunlop | North | 1,044 miles (1,680 km) | ||
| Louth | East | 1,064 miles (1,710 km) | ||
| Warrego Junction | 1,109 miles (1,780 km) | |||
| Toorale | South | 1,113 miles (1,790 km) | ||
| Gundabooka | 1,130 miles (1,820 km) | |||
| Fort Bourke | 1,163 miles (1,870 km) | |||
| Yanda | South | 1,166 miles (1,880 km) | ||
| Nulta | 1,185 miles (1,910 km) | |||
| Jandra | South | 1,204 miles (1,940 km) | ||
| O’Shanassy | 1,216 miles (1,960 km) | |||
| Bourke | South | 883 miles (1,420 km) | 1,298 miles (2,090 km) | 1,227 miles (1,970 km) |
| Warraweena | North | 1,242 miles (2,000 km) | ||
| Culgoa River junction |
North | 1,277 miles (2,060 km) | ||
| Bogan River junction |
South | 1,251 miles (2,010 km) | ||
| Bemery / Beemery |
South | 1,307 miles (2,100 km) | ||
| Bunnawannah | 1,309 miles (2,110 km) | |||
| Brewarrina | 1,377 miles (2,220 km) | |||
| Walgett | 1,183 miles (1,900 km) | 1,598 miles (2,570 km) | 1,547 miles (2,490 km) | |
| Namoi—Barwon junction |
See also edit
- List of Murray River crossings
- List of Murray River distances
- List of Murrumbidgee River distances
- Murray–Darling basin includes useful chart of tributaries
References edit
- ^ "Darling River". The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude...(Hay, NSW : 1871 - 1873; 1880 - 1881; 1890 - 1900). Hay, NSW: National Library of Australia. 6 November 1872. p. 3. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "Stations on the Darling". Southern Argus. Vol. XII, no. 640. South Australia. 20 June 1878. p. 3. Retrieved 10 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Estimated distances only
- ^ Reference groups Tilpa/Tilpah township and Killara/Kallarra station, though they are some 10km apart.