Extract
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| GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT | |
| 20th June 2013 | |
| Reference: | 18706 |
| Placename: | Fish River |
| Designation: | River |
| Status: | Assigned 24th December 1969 |
| Previous Names: |
Fish River Creek Fish River Creek (West Branch) |
| LGA: | Oberon |
| Approx. AGD66 Lat: | -33 45 00 |
| Approx. AGD66 Long: | 149 50 00 |
| Approx. GDA94 Lat: | -33 44 54 |
| Approx. GDA94 Long: | 149 50 04 |
| Topographic Map: | Edith |
| 1:100000 Map: | Oberon 8830 |
| Parish: | Vulcan |
| County: | Westmoreland |
| Description: | A perennial stream rising about 6.4 km W by N of Shooters Hill. It flows generally NNE for about 19.2km into Fish River Dam at Oberon, then continues in a generally ENE for about a further 17.6km to junction with Duckmaloi River then generally NW for about a further 64km meeting the Campbell River about 8km SE of Bathurst fo form the Macquarie River. |
| Origin: | Named by Assnt. Surveyor G.W. Evans after the amount of fish in the river. (Surveyor Evans diary note Tuesday 7 December 1813) (Information from Fourteen Journeys Over the Blue Mts. of N.S.W. 1813-1841 - George Mackaness Page 24) |
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