{{Short description|River in Papua New Guinea}} thumb|Location of the Mambare River thumb|Mambare River entering the sea, seen from space (false color).

'''Mambare River''' is a river in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, located at {{Coord|8.05|S|148.0333333|E|}}.

==History== Alluvial gold was discovered in the river at the end of the 19th century. By 1898 there were 150 miners working on the Mambare and Girua Rivers.<ref>Nelson, Hank (1976) Black, white & gold: goldmining in Papua New Guinea 1878-1830, Canberra, Australian National University, p.118</ref>

The Imperial Japanese had a supply dump located at the mouth of the Mambare River during World War II.

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{{Rivers of Papua New Guinea}}

Category:Rivers of Papua New Guinea Category:Gold mines in Papua New Guinea

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