The Ovens River is a river in the Australian state of Victoria.
Hamilton Hume and William Hovell explored the area in 1824, naming the Ovens River. The river was called Burwang by the local Aborigines.
The river rises in the Victorian Alps and flows past Bright, Myrtleford and Wangaratta where it joins the King River.
Read more about Ovens River: Ovens Valley, List of Towns
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“We approached the Indian Island through the narrow strait called “Cook.” He said, “I ‘xpect we take in some water there, river so high,—never see it so high at this season. Very rough water there, but short; swamp steamboat once. Don’t paddle till I tell you, then you paddle right along.” It was a very short rapid. When we were in the midst of it he shouted “paddle,” and we shot through without taking in a drop.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)