Peters Creek (Victoria), Coleman Creek (Victoria), Grimme Creek, Barkly River, Target Creek, Serpentine Creek, Mount Useful Creek, Cheyne Creek, Stony Creek 1 (Macalister River, Victoria), Glenmaggie Creek, Main Serpentine Drain
The Macalister River rises below Mount Howitt, part of the Great Dividing Range in the southern portion of the Alpine National Park; and flows generally south by east in a highly meandering course. The river is joined by fifteen tributaries including the Caledonia, Wellington, and Barkly rivers, impounded by the Glenmaggie Dam that creates Lake Glenmaggie, before reaching its confluence with the Thomson River, south of Maffra. The river descends 1,530 metres (5,020 ft) over its 177-kilometre (110 mi) course.[5] The fertile flats and valley floor of the Macalister River support agriculture around the town of Licola.
Etymology
In the Aboriginal Brataualung language the river was named Wirnwirndook'yeerun, meaning the "song of some bird",[3] purportedly an emu wren.[4]
The river was later named the Macalister River by explorer Angus McMillan, after his then employer, Captain Lachlan Macalister.[1][2]
