Laura River (Western Australia)
| Laura River | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Basin | |
| Main source |
Bailey Range 409 metres (1,342 ft)[1] |
| River mouth |
Mary River 287 metres (942 ft) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | 86 kilometres (53 mi)[2] |
Laura River is a river in the east Kimberley of Western Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise in the Bailey Range, approximately 20 km south of Halls Creek; the river then flows in a south-westerly direction crossing the Great Northern Highway near Dillinger Bore before discharging into the Mary River of which it is a tributary.
The river was named in 1884 by government surveyor George Russell Turner, of the 1884 Kimberley Survey Expedition, who possibly named it after Laura Louise Forrest (1877-1960), the niece of Surveyor General John Forrest.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Bonzle Digital Atlas - Map of Laura River, WA". 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- 1 2 Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of river names". Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ↑ "Survey of the Eucla district". The West Australian. 13 October 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
Coordinates: 18°41′43″S 127°01′06″E / 18.69528°S 127.01833°E
Rivers of Western Australia | |
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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 (and streams) | |
| Rivers of the Pilbara region | |
| Rivers of the South West region | |
| Rivers of the Wheatbelt region | |
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