Gellibrand River

Gellibrand River
Basin countries Victoria, Australia

The Gellibrand River is a river in southwestern Victoria, Australia. It arises in the Otway Ranges near Beech Forest and enters Bass Strait at Princetown.

It was named after Joseph Gellibrand, a solicitor from Van Diemen's Land. [1] [2]

References

  1. ^ Blake, Les (1977), Place names of Victoria, Adelaide: Rigby, pp. 294, ISBN 0727002503 , cited in Bird (2006)
  2. ^ Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF). The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). http://www.anps.org.au/documents/VIC_coastal.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-10.