The Alexander River is a
river
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in the
Goldfields-Esperance region
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of
Western Australia
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.
The river rises near Munliginup Hill and flows southerly through a nature reserve area before discharging into Alexander Bay and the
Southern Ocean
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about east of
Esperance.
The river was named in 1870 by
John Forrest, who was surveying the area at the time. He named the river after his brother,
Alexander Forrest, who was also a surveyor and who later became the
Lord Mayor
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of
Perth
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, Western Australia.
References
Rivers of the Goldfields–Esperance region
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