Rubicon River (Victoria)
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The Rubicon River is a tributary
of the Goulburn River
in Victoria
Australia
.
The river rises in the Blue Range east of Buxton
and flows North towards Thornton.
The Rubicon Hydroelectric Scheme
, with a present-day capacity of 13 MW, was established on the river and its tributary the Royston River in 1924.
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
of the Goulburn River
Goulburn River (Victoria)
The Goulburn River is a major inland river in Victoria, Australia.The headwaters of the Goulburn River rise in the western end of the Victoria Alps, near Mount Buller. The Eildon Dam creates Lake Eildon, a major storage of water for irrigation...
in Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
The river rises in the Blue Range east of Buxton
Buxton, Victoria
Buxton is a small town north-east of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. At the 2006 Census, Buxton had a population of 396.The district around Buxton was significantly impacted by the Black Saturday Bushfires...
and flows North towards Thornton.
The Rubicon Hydroelectric Scheme
Rubicon Hydroelectric Scheme
The Rubicon Hydroelectric Scheme is located on the Rubicon and Royston Rivers, north east of Melbourne, 40 km south-west of Alexandra, Victoria, Australia. The scheme commenced in 1922, and was the first state-owned hydroelectric scheme to generate electricity in mainland Australia, and among...
, with a present-day capacity of 13 MW, was established on the river and its tributary the Royston River in 1924.