Myall River

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title: "Myall River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-new-south-wales", "mid-coast-council", "mid-north-coast", "rivers-of-the-hunter-region"] description: "River in New South Wales, Australia" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myall_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary River in New South Wales, Australia ::

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Field	Value
name	Myall River
name_other	Upper Myall River
name_etymology	Aboriginal: myall, a small silver-grey wattle tree
image	Singing Bridge.JPG
image_caption	Singing Bridge across the Myall River at Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest.
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Australia
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	New South Wales
subdivision_type3	Region
subdivision_name3	NSW North Coast (IBRA), Mid North Coast, Hunter
subdivision_type4	Local government area
subdivision_name4	Mid-Coast Council
subdivision_type5	Town
subdivision_name5	Bulahdelah, Tea Gardens, Hawks Nest
length_km	92
source1	Kyle Range, Great Dividing Range
source1_location	north northeast of Stroud
source1_elevation	352 m
mouth	Port Stephens
mouth_location	at Hawks Nest
mouth_elevation	0 m
river_system	Mid-Coast Council
basin_size_km2	819
tributaries_left	Kyle Creek, Pipers Creek (Great Lakes, New South Wales)
tributaries_right	Crawford River, Little Myall River, Monkey Jacket Creek
custom_label	National park
custom_data	Myall Lakes NP
extra
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Myall River, an open semi-mature brackish freshwater barrier estuary of the Mid-Coast Council system, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Myall River rises out of the southern slopes of Kyle Range within the Great Dividing Range, north northeast of Stroud, and flows generally south southeast then southwest, joined by tributaries, before reaching its mouth within Port Stephens at Hawks Nest. Port Stephens then empties into the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean. The river descends 355 m over its 92 km course.

After flowing past the town of Bulahdelah, east of the small settlement of Nerong, the Myall River enters the most southern of the three Ramsar-protected Myall Lakes, Bombah Broadwater, within the Myall Lakes National Park. The flow of the river runs adjacent to the coastline and through both the Little Brasswater and the Brasswater near the towns of Tea Gardens, and Hawks Nest.

Two notable bridges cross the Myall River. The Bulahdelah Bridge, carries the Pacific Highway, across the river north of Bulahdelah and the Singing Bridge crosses the river between Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest..

Etymology

The word myall is an Australian Aboriginal term for a small silver-grey wattle tree.

References

References

1. (22 February 1974). "Myall River".
2. Reed, A. W.. (1973). "Place names of Australia". [[Reed Books]].
3. "Map of Myall River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
4. (2001). "Structure and Function of South-east Australian Estuaries". [[Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science]].
5. "Lakes". [[Mid-Coast Council]].

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