Anglesea River

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Anglesea
Deep Gully, Marshy Creek, Salt Gully [1]
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Anglesea River estuary. Photo taken in Coogoorah Park, Anglesea, Victoria, Australia
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Location of the Anglesea River mouth in Victoria
EtymologyAfter Anglesey, an island in Wales. [2] [3]
Native nameKuarka-dorla (Wathawurrung) [4]
Location
Country Australia
State Victoria
Region South East Coastal Plain (IBRA), The Otways
Local government area Surf Coast Shire
Physical characteristics
Source Otway Ranges
 • locationeast of Winchelsea
 • coordinates 38°23′44″S144°10′59″E / 38.39556°S 144.18306°E / -38.39556; 144.18306
Mouth Bass Strait
 • location
 Anglesea
 • coordinates
 38°24′55″S144°11′35″E / 38.41528°S 144.19306°E / -38.41528; 144.19306 Coordinates: 38°24′55″S144°11′35″E / 38.41528°S 144.19306°E / -38.41528; 144.19306
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Basin features
River system Corangamite catchment
National park Great Otway National Park
[1]

The Anglesea River is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in the Otways region of the Australian state of Victoria.

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Location and features

The Anglesea River rises in the Otway Ranges east of Winchelsea and flows generally east by south before reaching its mouth and emptying into Bass Strait near the town of the same name.

Etymology

In the Aboriginal Australian Wathawurrung language the name for the river is Kuarka-dorla, meaning "place to catch mullet". [4]

The river was named after Anglesey, an island in Wales. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Anglesea River: 2671". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 Blake, Les (1977). Place names of Victoria. Adelaide: Rigby. p. 294. ISBN   0-7270-0250-3.
  3. 1 2 Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF). The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Anglesea River: 2671". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 12 August 2011. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
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