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 Basin statistics - Murray Darling Basin Commission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
From the source of the Warrego River in the north to the headwaters of the Goulburn River in the south, in latitudinal terms from 24°S to almost 38°S, the distance is some 1365 km.
The Basin is defined by the catchment areas of the Murray and Darling Rivers and their many tributaries.
At the 1996 Census, the Basin had an estimated population of 1 956 765, 10.94% of the total Australian population.
www.mdbc.gov.au - !http: //www.mdbc.gov.au/about/basin_statistics   (516 words)

  
 GMV-6
GMV was owned in conjunction with local radio station 3SR.
The callsign GMV refers to the region in which it covers, which includes the catchment areas of the Goulburn River and Murray River.
The 'V' refers to Victoria as is the normal protocol for commercial TV station callsigns, where the third letter indicates the state in which the service is licensed.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/g/gm/gmv_6.html   (497 words)

  
 Further Reading
and Handasyde, K. Seasonal variation in the ranging behaviour of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) on the Goulburn River, Victoria.
Serena, M. and Williams, G.A. Rubber and plastic rubbish: a summary of the hazard posed to platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus in suburban habitats.
Serena, M., Thomas, J.L., Williams, G.A., and Officer, R.C.E. Use of stream and river habitats by the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) in an urban fringe environment.
platypus.asn.au /further_reading.html   (1088 words)

  
 languagehat.com: JINDYWOROBAK.
Wathawurung was the language spoken on the western side of Port Phillip Bay, including the present city of Geelong and the town of Bacchus Marsh, and extending inland probably as far as the city of Ballarat.
Wuywurung was the language spoken in the area of present-day Melbourne, and extending as far north as Seymour, and to the north of Westernport, and from the Goulburn River across to Bendigo.
However, in Australian Aboriginal Words in English (1990), a book that also emanates from the Australian National Dictionary Centre, we are told: ‘Although this word was much used in Victoria (the earliest Victorian instance is 1839) it appears to have originated as maya or maya-maya in Nyungar, the language of the Perth—Albany region’.
www.languagehat.com /archives/002008.php   (439 words)

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