Meander River (Tasmania)

Meander River
Origin	Great Western Tiers
Mouth	South Esk River
Source elevation	~1300 metres[1]
Basin area	~1600 km²[1]

The Meander River is a river located in the central north of the state of Tasmania, Australia. Until the founding of Westbury in the early 1820s the river was known as The Western River.^[2]

It flows from the Great Western Tiers, past its namesake town, Meander, through the major regional town of Deloraine, then eastward, where it flows into the South Esk River near Hadspen.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Cepartment for of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (May 2004). "Environmental management Goals for Tasmania Surface Waters; Meander River Catchment". http://www.environment.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=1828. 
2. ^ von Stieglitz, K R (1946). Then and now in old Westbury; with notes on Exton, Hagley and Carrick. Launceston: Telegraph Printery. p. 5.