Rising on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, the Richardson River flows generally north and drains into Lake Buloke, one of a series of ephemeral lakes that, whilst they do not directly empty into a defined watercourse, form part of the Murray River catchment of the Murray-Darling basin.

In the Jardwadjali language, the river is named Willaring, with wille meaning a "common silver grey possum".

And in an undefined Aboriginal language, the river is called Wirchilleba meaning "a dry watercourse".

[1][2][3] Named after John Matthew Richardson who fell from his horse during Thomas Mitchell's 1836 expedition.

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