| Crooked | |
| Name Native: | |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Victoria |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Crooked River mouth in Victoria |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Victoria |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Australian Alps (IBRA), Victorian Alps |
| Subdivision Type5: | Local government area |
| Subdivision Name5: | Shire of Wellington |
| Length: | 26km (16miles) |
| Source Confluence: | Twenty Five Mile Creek and Thirty Mile Creek |
| Source Confluence Location: | south of, Great Dividing Range |
| Source Confluence Coordinates: | -37.2503°N 148.1394°W |
| Source Confluence Elevation: | 653m (2,142feet) |
| Mouth: | confluence with the Wongungarra River |
| Mouth Location: | Alpine National Park |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -37.3578°N 147.0767°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 287m (942feet) |
| River System: | Mitchell River catchment |
| Tributaries Left: | Good Luck Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Brewery Creek (Victoria) |
| Custom Label: | National park |
| Custom Data: | Alpine NP |
| Extra: | [4] [5] |
The Crooked River is a perennial river of the Mitchell River catchment, located in the Alpine region of the Australian state of Victoria.
Formed by the confluence of the Twenty Five Mile Creek and Thirty Mile Creek, the Crooked River rises below The Tablelands, the fourth highest mountain pass in Victoria,[6] within the Great Dividing Range, south of . The river flows in a highly meandering course, generally south by west, joined by two minor tributaries before reaching its confluence with the Wongungarra River between the small settlements of Howittville and Winchester, within the Alpine National Park in the Shire of Wellington. The river descends over its 26km (16miles) course.[5]
In the Australian Aboriginal Brabralung dialect of the Gunai language, two variant names for the Crooked River are given as Dow-wirra, meaning "dry tree";[1] [2] and Nirlung, meaning "plenty of water-hens".[3]