The Perry River is a
perennial river
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of the
East Gippsland
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Australian Bureau of Statistics2006 Census Community Profile Series: Ea ...
catchment, located in the
Gippsland
Gippsland () is a rural region in the southeastern part of Victoria, Australia, mostly comprising the coastal plains south of the Victorian Alps (the southernmost section of the Great Dividing Range). It covers an elongated area of east of th ...
region of the
Australia
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n state of
Victoria.
Location and features
The Perry River rises near on the East Gippsland plain and flows in a highly meandering
course generally south, joined by three minor
tributaries
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before reaching its
confluence
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with the
Avon River before the Avon empties into
Lake Wellington southeast of . Within Lake Wellington, the Avon forms its confluence with the
Latrobe River
The Latrobe River (or sometimes La Trobe or LaTrobe) is a perennial river of the West Gippsland catchment, located in the West Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. The Latrobe River and its associated sub-catchment is an impo ...
, empties into
Bass Strait
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via the
Mitchell River Mitchell River may refer to:
Australia
*Mitchell River (Queensland)
*Mitchell River (Victoria)
*Mitchell River (Western Australia)
*Mann River (New South Wales) is sometimes referred to as Mitchell River.
Canada
*Mitchell River (Cross River)
*Mit ...
south of . The river descends over its course.
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Etymology
In the Aboriginal Brataualung language the name for the river is ''Goomballa'', meaning "climbing".[
The river was named in 1840 by Count Paweł Strzelecki after Captain Samuel Perry, deputy ]Surveyor General of New South Wales
The Surveyor General of New South Wales is the primary government authority responsible for land and mining surveying in New South Wales.
The original duties for the Surveyor General was to measure and determine land grants for settlers in New Sou ...
.[, cited in Bird (2006)]
See also
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References
External links
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West Gippsland catchment
Rivers of Gippsland (region)
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