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- ↑ "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Steere River". 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
- ↑ "History and management of Culham Inlet, a coastal salt lake in south-western Australia" (PDF). 1997. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
- ↑ "Our living waters - The Phillips, West and Steere Rivers". 2006. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
- ↑ "Estuary Assessment Framework for Non-pristine estuaries - Estuary 638 - Culham Inlet". 2004. Archived from the original on 23 May 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
- ↑ "South Coast Rivercare - Steere River". 2005. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
Coordinates: 33°53′22″S120°05′23″E / 33.88944°S 120.08972°E
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| Rivers of the Gascoyne region | |
| Rivers of the Goldfields-Esperance region | |
| Rivers of the Great Southern region | |
| Rivers of the Kimberley region |
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| Rivers of the Mid West region | |
| Rivers of the Peel and Perth regions | |
| Rivers of the Pilbara region | |
| Rivers of the South West region | |
| Rivers of the Wheatbelt region | |
