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- 1 2 3 4 5 Braccia, Michael; Durrant, Jacqueline (April 2011). Surface water hydrology of the lower Collie catchment (PDF). Surface water hydrology series. Vol. Report no. HY35. Perth, Western Australia: Department of Water, Government of Western Australia. ISBN 978-1-921789-73-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ Statham-Drew, Pamela (2003). James Stirling: admiral and founding governor of Western Australia. Crawley, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. p. 27. ISBN 1876268948.
- ↑ "History of river names – B". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
Coordinates: 33°14′05″S115°54′50″E / 33.23472°S 115.91389°E
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