Laura River is a river in the east Kimberley region of Western Australia.
| Laura River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Bailey Range |
| • elevation | 409 metres (1,342 ft)[1] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Mary River |
• elevation | 287 metres (942 ft) |
| Length | 86 kilometres (53 mi)[2] |
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 John Forrest.[3][2][4]
References edit
- ^ "Bonzle Digital Atlas - Map of Laura River, WA". 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ a b "History of river names – L". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ Muir, Alison; Muir, Dinee (1982). Forrest Family, Pioneers of Western Australia, 1842–1982. J.R. Muir & Son. pp. 32–33. ISBN 0-9592883-0-9.
- ^ "Survey of the Eucla district". The West Australian. 13 October 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
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