Avon
Location of the Avon River mouth in Victoria
Native name	Wityellibar (Wathawurrung) Kurakibiyal[1][2][3] (Djadjawurrung)
Location
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Region	Murray Darling Depression (IBRA), Wimmera
Local government area	Northern Grampians
Physical characteristics
Source	Great Dividing Range
Source confluence	Avon Creek and Sandy Creek
• location	Beazleys Bridge; west of St Arnaud
• coordinates	36°41′59.9″S 143°10′2.9″E / 36.699972°S 143.167472°E / -36.699972; 143.167472
• elevation	195 m (640 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Richardson River
• location	Banyena; northwest of Marnoo
• coordinates	36°34′16″S 142°49′33″E / 36.57111°S 142.82583°E / -36.57111; 142.82583
• elevation	133 m (436 ft)
Length	64 km (40 mi)
Basin features
River system	Wimmera catchment
Tributaries
• left	Faulkner Creek
[1][4]

The Avon River, an inland intermittent river of the Wimmera catchment, located in the Grampians and Wimmera regions of the Australian state of Victoria. Rising on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, the Avon River flows north-westerly to reach its confluence with the Richardson River. The rivers of the Wimmera catchment drain into a series of ephemeral lakes that, whilst they do not directly empty into a defined watercourse, form part of the Murray River catchment of the Murray-Darling basin.

Location and features

The Avon River rises on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, near Beazleys Bridge, west of St Arnaud. The rivers flows in a highly meandering course generally west by north, joined by one minor tributary, before reaching its mouth to flow into the Richardson River at Banyena; northwest of Marnoo. The Avon River descends 62 metres (203 ft) over its 64-kilometre (40 mi) course.^[4]

Etymology

In a western Kulin Aboriginal language the river and surrounding country is named Wityellibar, from witji "basket grass" bar "river";^[5] and in the Djadjawurrung language, Kurakibiyal, with kurak meaning "sand" and biyal, meaning "red gum".^[1][2][3]