Perry River (Victoria)

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Perry
Providence Ponds [1]
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Location of the Perry River mouth in Victoria
EtymologyIn honour of Captain Samuel Perry [2]
Native nameGoomballa (Kurnai) [3] [4]
Location
Country Australia
State Victoria
Region South East Coastal Plain (IBRA), West Gippsland
Local government area Shire of Wellington
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • location Fernbank
 • elevation66 m (217 ft)
Mouth confluence with the Avon River
 • location
southeast of Stratford
 • coordinates
 38°2′38″S147°15′50″E / 38.04389°S 147.26389°E / -38.04389; 147.26389 Coordinates: 38°2′38″S147°15′50″E / 38.04389°S 147.26389°E / -38.04389; 147.26389
 • elevation
3 m (9.8 ft)
Length29 km (18 mi)
Basin features
River system West Gippsland catchment
Tributaries 
 • rightSandy Creek (Perry River, Victoria), Jones Creek (Perry River, Victoria), Fiddlers Creek
National park The Lakes National Park
[1] [5]

The Perry River is a perennial river of the West Gippsland catchment, located in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria.

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Location and features

The Perry River rises near Fernbank on the West Gippsland plain and flows in a highly meandering course generally south, joined by three minor tributaries before reaching its confluence with the Avon River before the Avon empties into Lake Wellington southeast of Stratford. Within Lake Wellington, the Avon forms its confluence with the Latrobe River, empties into Bass Strait via the Mitchell River south of Lakes Entrance. The river descends 63 metres (207 ft) over its 29-kilometre (18 mi) course. [5]

Etymology

In the Aboriginal Brataualung language the name for the river is Goomballa, meaning "climbing". [3] [4]

The river was named in 1840 by Count Paweł Strzelecki after Captain Samuel Perry, deputy Surveyor General of New South Wales. [2] [6] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Perry River: 23400". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 Blake, Les (1977). Place names of Victoria. Adelaide: Rigby. p. 294. ISBN   0-7270-0250-3., cited in Bird (2006)
  3. 1 2 "Perry River: 23400: Traditional name: Goomballa". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 12 August 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Perry River: 23400: Traditional name: Goomballa". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 12 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Map of Perry River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  6. ↑ Dowd, Bernard T. (1967). "Perry, Samuel Augustus (1787 - 1854)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN   1833-7538 . Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  7. ↑ 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. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
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