The Eyre River is a river in the
Great Southern region of
Western Australia
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. The headwaters of the river rise below
Blackboy Hill approximately south of
Wellstead. The river flows in a south-easterly direction and discharges into
Cheynes Inlet and on to the
Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60th parallel south, 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica. With a size of , it is the seco ...
.
The river was named in 1850 by the explorer
Francis Thomas Gregory
Francis Thomas "Frank" Gregory (19 October 1821 – 23 October 1888) was an Australian explorer and politician.
Born in England, he emigrated with his family to Australia as a boy. He was the younger brother of the explorer and politician Augu ...
after the explorer
John Eyre, who crossed it in 1841 on his expedition from Adelaide to
Albany.
References
Rivers of the Great Southern region
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