| Bendoc | |
| Name Other: | Bendock[1] |
| Name Etymology: | Believed to be derived from "Ben's Dock" |
| Map Size: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia New South Wales |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Bendoc River mouth, north of the Black-Allan Line in New South Wales |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | States |
| Subdivision Name2: | Victoria, New South Wales |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Australian Alps (IBRA), Victorian Alps, Snowy Mountains |
| Subdivision Type5: | LGAs |
| Subdivision Name5: | East Gippsland, Snowy Monaro |
| Length: | 22km (14miles) |
| Source1: | Errinundra Plateau |
| Source1 Location: | near Bendoc, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Source1 Coordinates: | -37.1378°N 148.8972°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 848m (2,782feet) |
| Mouth: | confluence with Queensborough River to form the Little Plains River |
| Mouth Location: | near Craigie, Snowy Mountains, New South Wales |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -37.1306°N 149.0164°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 756m (2,480feet) |
| River System: | Snowy River catchment |
| Tributaries Left: | Bidwell Creek, Snake Gully, Sawpit Creek, Brownlies Creek, Gibraltar Creek (New South Wales), Basin Creek, Tombong Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Hutchinson Creek, Boundary Creek (New South Wales), Riverview Creek, Haydens Bog Creek, Little Plains River, Mother Moores Creek, Bombala River, Slaughter House Creek |
| Custom Label: | National park |
| Custom Data: | Errinundra NP |
| Extra: | [2] |
The Bendoc River is a perennial river of the Snowy River catchment, located in the Alpine regions of the states of Victoria and New South Wales, Australia.
The Bendoc River rises within Errinundra National Park on the Errinundra Plateau, approximately south by east of Bendoc, in East Gippsland, Victoria. The river flows generally north northwest, west northeast, southeast, and then northeast, joined by four minor tributaries, before joining with the Queensborough River to form the Little Plains River approximately south southwest of Craigie, north of the Black-Allan Line that forms part of the border between Victoria and New South Wales. The river descends over its 22km (14miles) course.[2]
The name of the river is believed to be derived from a dock that was located on the river in Victoria, adjacent to a pastoral lease held by Benjamin Boyd. The dock was named "Ben's Dock". However, there was a lack of uniformity in the spelling, variously as Bendoc or Bendock, in relation to a mountain, the river, a parish, and the town near the Victoria and New South Wales borders. In 1966, the Shire of Orbost informed the Victorian government that local sentiment wished to retain the spelling Bendoc. The matter was finalised when the decision of the Minister of Lands was published in the Victoria Government Gazette on 29 May 1968, proclaiming the town and river to be spelt Bendoc.[1]