Perry River (Victoria)

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

Perry Providence Ponds[1]
Location of the Perry River mouth in Victoria
Etymology	In honour of Captain Samuel Perry[2]
Native name	Goomballa[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
• elevation	66 m (217 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Avon River
• location	southeast of Stratford
• coordinates	38°2′38″S 147°15′50″E
• elevation	3 m (9.8 ft)
Length	29 km (18 mi)
Basin features
River system	West Gippsland catchment
Tributaries
• right	Sandy Creek (Perry River, Victoria), Jones Creek (Perry River, Victoria), Fiddlers Creek
National park	The Lakes National Park
[1][5]

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 Australian 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. "Perry River: 23400". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
2. Blake, Les (1977). Place names of Victoria. Adelaide: Rigby. p. 294. ISBN 0-7270-0250-3., cited in Bird (2006)
3. "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. "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. "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. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 12 February 2011 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
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.

External links

• "West Gippsland Regional Catchment Strategy (2013 - 2019)" (PDF – 4MB). West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority. 2012. ISBN 978-0-9805562-8-5.
• "Latrobe Catchment Ecosystem" (PDF). West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2011.