Anglesea River

Anglesea
Deep Gully, Marshy Creek, Salt Gully
Anglesea River estuary. Photo taken in Coogoorah Park, Anglesea, Victoria, Australia
Location of the Anglesea River mouth in Victoria
EtymologyAfter Anglesey, an island in Wales.
Native nameKuarka-dorla (Wathawurrung)
Location
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
RegionSouth East Coastal Plain (IBRA), The Otways
Local government areaSurf Coast Shire
Physical characteristics
SourceOtway Ranges
 • locationeast of Winchelsea
 • coordinates38°23′44″S 144°10′59″E / 38.39556°S 144.18306°E / -38.39556; 144.18306
MouthBass Strait
 • location
Anglesea
 • coordinates
38°24′55″S 144°11′35″E / 38.41528°S 144.19306°E / -38.41528; 144.19306
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Basin features
River systemCorangamite catchment
Great Otway National Park

The Anglesea River is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, in the Otways region of the Australian state of Victoria.

Location and features

The Anglesea River rises in the Otway Ranges east of Winchelsea and flows generally east by south before reaching its mouth and emptying into Bass Strait near the town of the same name.

Etymology

In the Aboriginal Australian Wathawurrung language the name for the river is Kuarka-dorla, meaning "place to catch mullet".

The river was named after Anglesey, an island in Wales.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Anglesea River: 2671". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 Blake, Les (1977). Place names of Victoria. Adelaide: Rigby. p. 294. ISBN 0-7270-0250-3.
  3. 1 2 Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF). The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Anglesea River: 2671". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 12 August 2011. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.