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I hereby start the talk page on the Yarra River. I have added the Encylopedia Britannica article as a link. Capitalistroadster 10:21, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
How do we refer to the river? BirrarungorYarra? Yarra is a mistranslation of a term for flowing water or waterfalls, not this river in particular, but for any creek or river. Birrarung on the other hand has been used for an unknowable ammount of time and is still used today, it has roots in Wurundjeri phrases such as "river" (being the central river of the region, and "river of mist", "the great river", etc. The best option is Birrarung, but how do other people feel about this? Just because Yarra is the official name doesn't mean that it is the name that should be used. Discuss. Nick carson (talk) 02:10, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have noticed some recent changes as of October 2008. If you are going to add information by all means do, just make sure you incorporate it into the existing article properly. Simple grammar and spelling mistakes can be corrected easily, but overall re-organisation of the article can be difficult. If you've got big ammounts of info such as the recent changes to the 'history' section, please discuss it here first because (as is the case with the history section) we may need to create a separate article. Please discuss here. Nick carson (talk) 02:10, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have added all sorts of information, organised existing information, added river info box, rearranged photos, added some maps, fixed some spelling, created some sub-articles for sections that were too big or required lists and such, yet to add references. All you Melburnians! This is a really important river,that has been a part of outer couture for many years, appreciate it, enjoy it, help it, fix it.Nick carson (talk) 14:33, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've reverted the edit: This naming error is yet to be reverted. There is a presumption in this edit that a significant body of people consider the current name for the Yarra to be an "error" that needs to be corrected, but no evidence of this is provided. If the editor can provide a source that, for instance, Mr. Notable or organisation X has called for the river to be renamed, then that could be included. Otherwise the edit seems to reflect the editors personal POV, and for that reason I reverted it. --Michael Johnson (talk) 22:49, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Are you are ready for this? dun dun dun dun dun dun dun..... The river may (or may not) have been called the "Birrarung" before the European settlement of Australia, but the continent was, we are lead to believe, divided into some 300 different indigenous 'countries' and each 'country' had it's own dialect or language. Considering that the Yarra runs through many of these 'countries', not just one, then the river must have many names, not just the "Birrarung". Any attempt to use one local name would obviously (see yagan) cause significant problems, the most prominent being that one tribe (or 'country') would feel that it's name should be the official name for the river, where as another would feel that it's name should be the official name. How would one choose which name to give to the river, without causing another furor within (and beyond) the indigenous community? Secondly, at the time of the arrival of Captain Cook (and, to a lesser extent, to this day) the indigenous people of Australia have had no common government nor were able to prevent the Europeans from conquering their land. Now, unless I am mistaken, the prerequisites for a nation are to be able to defend the nation from being overrun by invaders (thus continuing the existence of the country) and (although not as necessary as the former) having a governing body. Also, there is not a country in the world that has not been taken over by another (either an outside force or internal revolution), so perhaps we should all just get over it (unless, that is, we the English are to receive repatriations from the Italians for invading our country...). So, in conclusion, the river is named the Yarra, until such a time as the Australian indigenous department of land and surveying comes into being, becomes the main body for geodetic survey and renames the river the "Birrarung". But then you would have to reprint all the maps everything... As they say, to the victor the spoils. CybergothiChé (talk) 09:09, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I removed the following statement ...
Lasting effects of pollution in the river can be seen in the lack of vegetation along the river at various locations, particularly downstream of Southbank, where there is no native vegetation at all.
Because this statement is misleading, makes far too many assumptions and has no citations. In fact it is most likely due to the fact that vegetation has been physically removed for development rather than the result of pollution. Unless someone can prove otherwise. I have heard, for example, that when they built Queens Bridge, they had to remove a significant number of trees, and massive stumps that were submerged due to decades of flooding. No doubt trees were also removed right down the Yarra to make it easier for ships to navigate from the bay .... --Biatch (talk) 12:32, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The flow rate is wrong (I don't know the correct flow) - it's currently given as ~3x the amazon - I suspect confusion of units? Cphi (talk) 23:46, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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The article Floods in Australia contains an unsourced mention of a Yarra River flood in 1934 which killed 35 people. In trying to find a source, I checked this article, but while there is a mention of 1972 CBD flood, there is absolutely no mention of a 1934 flood. You'd think surely if it was big enough to kill 35 people (more people than the recent QLD floods) it would rate a mention somewhere here unless the other article is actually inaccurate ? --Biatch (talk) 02:41, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The 12:41, 11 May 2011 58.110.127.148 version of this article is translated into [[:zh:雅拉河|Chinese Wikipedia] to expand a stub.--Wing (talk) 14:41, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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There is also a Yarra river in New Zealand, with a hut named after it, at 42.289 S, 172.996 W. Not sure if that is worth mentioning here, it's a small tributary of Acheron River (Marlborough). DirkvdM (talk) 06:01, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"The water was clear at the time of the first European settlements" This sounds plausible, does anyone know of a historical account or source? 2403:5814:AC6F:0:CDE7:71AB:B7FF:4C8A (talk) 08:16, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]