Molonglo River

Mourning Swans on the Molonglo River

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The Molonglo River is a river in eastern Australia. It originates in the state of New South Wales north of Captain 's Flat on the Great Dividing Range, flows first north and later in the west. In the city of Queanbeyan he takes the Queanbeyan River, its main tributary, on and then flows through the Australian capital Canberra. There the river to Lake Burley Griffin was dammed. North-west of Canberra it flows into the Murrumbidgee River, a tributary of the Murray River.

History

The river was named after the Aboriginal tribe of Moolinggolah. During early European settlement phase of the Molonglo River and the Queanbeyan River were announced together because of the fish wealth as " Fish River ". But in 1939 and 1942, the water was contaminated by ore waste twice the mines in Captain 's Flat, so that the entire stock was destroyed in fish and aquatic plants. In 1963 the Lake Burley Griffin was dammed, it was not a single fish within the river. In 1976 a start was made to suspend individual fish species.