Tia River

Tia River at Oxley Highway

Tia Falls

The Tia River is a river in the northeast of the Australian state of New South Wales.

Geography

The river rises on the northern tablelands of New South Wales on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, about 19 km southeast of the town of Tia. The Tia River flows from its source to the northeast in the small town of Tia and then crosses the Oxley Highway. Immediately afterwards he plunges over the Tia Falls in the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park. There he joins about 18 km north-east of Tia in the Apsley River.

The entire river is located in the Local Government Area and Walcha in Vernon County.

History

Formerly called the river or crimps Creek Crocker River. The explorer John Oxley had named the creek after the First Secretary of the Admiralty.

Agriculture and Fisheries

The land above the Tia Falls is considered to be good pasture for cattle breeding of cattle and sheep.

The Tia River is a good fish for trout water.