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Mackie River

Location
Country	Australia
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	near Corriging Hill
• elevation	336 metres (1,102 ft)^[1]

Mouth
• location	Avon River
• elevation	179 metres (587 ft)
Length	44 kilometres (27 mi)
Basin size	327 square kilometres (126 sq mi)^[2]

The Mackie River is a river in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The river is ephemeral and flows following winter and spring rains. The water discharged is saline.

The river rises east of Corriging Hill and flows in a north westerly direction crossing the York to Quairading road twice before it finally discharges into the Avon River of which it is a tributary between York and Gwambygine.

The Mackie has four tributaries of its own: Pitt Brook, Doctors Brook, Mungerding Brook and Bailey Bailey Brook. There were once permanent pools along the course of the river, most notably Marley Pool and Wonnobing Pool, but these are now shallow as a result of sediment deposition.

The area was first explored by Europeans in 1830 when Ensign Dale travelled east from Guildford. York was settled in 1831 and Beverley in 1838, the land around York was sub-divided in 1842 with the land being primarily used for agricultural purposes.

The river was named in 1836 by the Surveyor General John Septimus Roe, who named it after William Henry Mackie who was an early settler in the Swan River Colony.^[3]

References

^ "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Mackie River". 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
^ "Foreshore and Channel Assessment of the Mackie River" (PDF). 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
^ "History of river names – M". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2011.

31°56′20″S 116°58′49″E / 31.93889°S 116.98028°E / -31.93889; 116.98028

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