The Anglesea River is a
perennial river
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of the
Corangamite catchment, located in
The Otways region of the
Australian state of
Victoria
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* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
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.
Location and features
The Anglesea River rises in the
Otway Ranges
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east of and flows generally east by south before reaching its
mouth
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and emptying into
Bass Strait
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near the town of the
same name
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.
Etymology
In the
Australian Aboriginal
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Wathawurrung language
Wadawurrung, also rendered as Wathawurrung, Wathaurong or Wada wurrung, and formerly sometimes Barrabool, is the Aboriginal Australian language spoken by the Wathaurong people of the Kulin Nation of Central Victoria. It was spoken by 15 cla ...
the name for the river is ''Kuarka-dorla'', meaning "place to catch
mullet".
[
The river was named after ]Anglesey
Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a Local government in Wales, principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island, Anglesey, Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strai ...
, an island in Wales
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.
See also
* List of rivers of Victoria
References
External links
*
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Rivers of Victoria (Australia)
Corangamite catchment
Rivers of Barwon South West (region)
Otway Ranges
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