Laura River is a
river in the east
Kimberley region 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 Eliza Frances Forrest (1877-1960), the niece of
Surveyor General
A surveyor general is an official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory. Historically, this would often have been a military appointment, but it is now more likely to be a civilian post.
The following surveyor ge ...
John Forrest.
References
Rivers of the Kimberley region of Western Australia
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