Blakney Head of Blakney Creek
Location of the Blakney Creekmouth inNew South Wales
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	South Eastern Highlands (IBRA),South Western Slopes
LGA	Upper Lachlan
Town	Binalong
Physical characteristics
Source	Great Dividing Range
• location	north of Yass Junction
• coordinates	34°44′23″S149°0′51″E / 34.73972°S 149.01417°E /-34.73972; 149.01417
• elevation	605 m (1,985 ft)
Mouth	confluence withLachlan River
• location	near Tarcoola
• coordinates	34°34′57″S149°9′15″E / 34.58250°S 149.15417°E /-34.58250; 149.15417
• elevation	495 m (1,624 ft)
Length	31 km (19 mi)
Basin features
River system	Lachlan sub-catchment, Murray–Darling basin
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TheBlakney Creek, a mostly–perennial river^[3] that is part of theLachlan sub-catchment of theMurrumbidgeecatchment within theMurray–Darling basin, is located in theSouth Western Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia.

The Blakney Creek (technically a river^[3]) rises north northeast of the Yass Junction, on the south western slopes of theGreat Dividing Range, and flows generally northeast before reaching itsconfluence with the Lachlan River near Tarcoola. The creek descends 110 metres (360 ft) over its 31-kilometre (19 mi)course.^[1]

• List of rivers of New South Wales (A–K)
• Rivers of New South Wales

• "Lachlan River catchment"(map). Office of Environment & Heritage. Government of New South Wales.
• Trueman, Will (2012).True Tales of the Trout Cod: River Histories of the Murray–Darling Basin (Lachlan River catchment booklet)(PDF). Canberra:Murray–Darling Basin Authority.ISBN 978-1-921914-98-0. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 25 February 2014.

• Tributaries of the Lachlan River
• Rivers of New South Wales

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