Abercrombie River

Abercrombie River

Bridge over the river in the course of the road from Goulburn by Oberon

The Abercrombie River is a river in the middle of the Australian state of New South Wales. It rises on the southern slopes of Mount Werong in the southwest of Kanangra - Boyd National Park, flows west, empties in Cowra in the Lake Wyangala and thus into the Lachlan River.

The 130 km long river flows through private land as well as the Abercrombie River National Park and provides habitat for the platypus and the gold belly swimming rat. The road from Goulburn Oberon after crossing the river in a narrow gorge Abercrombie.

The first inhabitants of the country on the river banks were the Aborigines of the Wiradjuri or Gundungara tribe, which probably took advantage of the Abercrombie River as a trade route.

The first European who discovered the water was running, on May 5, 1819 Charles Throsby, when he undertook an expedition from Sydney in the western central New South Wales. Gold was discovered in and on the river in 1851 and led to a small gold rush, but was hampered by the inaccessibility of the country and partly deep river. Early prospectors found up to 3 ounces of gold per day on the river and in 1862 there were already 40-50 gold seekers Groups on Milburne Creek, a nearby, small tributary of the Lachlan River.