Johanna River
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- for the river of New Britain see Johanna River (New Britain)
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| Basin countries | Victoria, Australia |
The Johanna River is a river in southwestern Victoria, Australia. It arises in the Otway Ranges and enters Bass Strait from the Port Campbell National Park.
The river, beach and surrounding locality, are named after the schooner Joanna wrecked nearby in on 22 September 1843 [1] [2] .[3]
References
- ↑ Blake, Les (1977), Place names of Victoria, Adelaide: Rigby, p. 294, ISBN 0-7270-0250-3, cited in Bird (2006)
- ↑ "Loss of the Joanna", Launceston Examiner, 7 October 1843: 4, retrieved 2011-02-12
- ↑ Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF). The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original on 2011-02-09.
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Coordinates: 38°45′22″S 143°23′22″E / 38.75611°S 143.38944°E
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