Parker River
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The Parker River is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, in the Otways region of the Australian state of Victoria.
Location and features
The Parker River rises in the Otway Ranges in southwest Victoria, near Parkers Spur and flows generally south through the Great Otway National Park before reaching its river mouth and emptying into Bass Strait, east of Cape Otway and the Cape Otway Lighthouse, near Point Franklin. From its highest point, the river descends 291 metres (955ft) over its 13-kilometre (8.1mi) course.
Etymology
In the Aboriginal Australian Gadubanud language the river is named Tjeerrang bundit, meaning "twigs of spear tree".
The river was given its current name by surveyor George Smythe after Amelia Parker, to whom he was later married.
See also
- List of rivers of Australia §Victoria
External links
- . Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. 2014. Archived from on 2 October 2011.
- . Government of Victoria. 2014. Archived from on 12 May 2014.