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The Macquarie River is one of the main inland rivers in New South Wales. Bathurst is a regional centre in the state of New South Wales, Australia approximately 200km west of Sydney and is the seat of the Bathurst Regional Council It headwaters rise in the central highlands of New South Wales near the town of Oberon. Oberon is a town and Local Government Area (see Oberon Council) in the central tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. The river travels generally northwest past the towns of Bathurst, Wellington, Dubbo and Warren to the Macquarie Marshes and the Barwon River. Bathurst is a regional centre in the state of New South Wales, Australia approximately 200km west of Sydney and is the seat of the Bathurst Regional Council Wellington is a town in inland New South Wales, Australia located at the junction of the Macquarie and Bell Rivers Dubbo is a city in the Central West Region of New South Wales, Australia. Warren is a town and the seat of a local government area, Warren Shire, on the Macquarie River in north western New South Wales, Australia The Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve is located in the Macquarie Marshes a region along the lower Macquarie River in northwestern New South Wales, Australia For other uses see Barwon River. The Barwon River flows through New South Wales, between the MacIntyre and Gwydir
Burrendong Dam is a large dam near Wellington which impounds the waters of the Macquarie River and its tributary the Cudgegong River for flood control and irrigation. Burrendong Dam is a Rock-fill Dam across the Macquarie River upstream of Wellington in New South Wales, Australia. Wellington is a town in inland New South Wales, Australia located at the junction of the Macquarie and Bell Rivers The Cudgegong River is a Tributary of the Macquarie River in New South Wales. The upper reaches of the Macquarie River were first discovered by European settlers in 1813 and the river was named for the then Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie. Major-General Lachlan Macquarie CB (31 January 1762 – 1 July 1824 Scottish Gaelic spelling Lachlan MacGuaire) British military officer
The Macquarie is a tributary of the Darling River. A tributary is a Stream or River which flows into a mainstem (or parent river The Darling River is the third longest river in Australia, flowing 1390 km from northern New South Wales to its confluence with the Murray River at