Perry River (Victoria)

Coordinates: 38°2′38″S 147°15′50″E / 38.04389°S 147.26389°E / -38.04389; 147.26389
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For other uses, see River Perry.

Perry
Providence Ponds
Victoria
RegionSouth East Coastal Plain (IBRA), East Gippsland
Local government areaShire of Wellington
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationFernbank
 • elevation66 m (217 ft)
Mouthconfluence with the Avon River
 • location
southeast of Stratford
 • coordinates
38°2′38″S 147°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 systemEast Gippsland catchment
Tributaries 
 • rightSandy Creek (Perry River, Victoria), Jones Creek (Perry River, Victoria), Fiddlers Creek
National parkThe Lakes National Park
[1][5]

The Perry River is a

Victoria
.

Location and features

The Perry River rises near

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]

See also

  • Rivers of Victoria

References

  1. ^
    Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Archived from the original
    on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-7270-0250-3
    ., cited in Bird (2006)
  3. ^
    Government of Victoria. 12 August 2011. Archived from the original
    on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  4. ^
    Government of Victoria. 12 May 2011. Archived from the original
    on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Map of Perry River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  6. 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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