List of rivers in 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

Longest rivers in Australia by length
(September 2008)
Order	River name	System	Length		Source
Order	River name	System	km	miles	Source
1	Murray River	Murray-Darling	2,375	1,476	^[1]
2	Murrumbidgee River	Murray-Darling	1,485	923
3	Darling River	Murray-Darling	1,472	915
4	Lachlan River	Murray-Darling	1,448	900
5	Warrego River	Murray-Darling	1,380	857
6	Cooper Creek	Lake Eyre	1,300	808
7	Paroo River	Murray-Darling	1,210	752

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 11 kilometres (7 mi) where it separates Victoria and South Australia. At this point, the middle of the river forms the border.^[2]

Longest rivers in each state or territory
(December 2012)
State/territory	River name	Length		Source
State/territory	River name	km	miles	Source
Australian Capital Territory	Murrumbidgee River	59	37	^[2]
New South Wales	Murray River	1,808	1,123
Northern Territory	Victoria River	510	317
Queensland	Flinders River	1,004	624
South Australia	Murray River	700	435
Tasmania	South Esk River	245	152
Victoria	Goulburn River	654	406
Western Australia	Gascoyne River	834	518

Rivers by state or territory

The following is a list of rivers located within Australian states and territories. Where a river crosses a state or territory boundary, it is listed in both states and territories. Where a river has a name that includes the word creek, it has been officially designated as a river.

Australian Capital Territory

Rivers of the Australian Capital Territory template
Blue Gum
Cotter
Gibraltar
Ginninderra
Gudgenby
Jerrabomberra
Molonglo
Murrumbidgee
Naas
Orroral
Paddys
Punchbowl
Queanbeyan
Sullivans
Tuggeranong

New South Wales

The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales lists 439 rivers in the Geographical Names Register.^[3] 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.

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