Laura River (Western Australia)
| Laura River | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Bailey Range |
| Mouth | Mary River |
| Basin countries | Australia |
| Length | 86 kilometres (53 mi)[1] |
| Source elevation | 409 metres (1,342 ft)[2] |
| Mouth elevation | 287 metres (942 ft) |
Laura River is a river in the east Kimberley of Western Australia.
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 Louise Forrest (1877-1960), the niece of Surveyor General John Forrest.[1][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of river names". Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ↑ "Bonzle Digital Atlas - Map of Laura River, WA". 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ↑ "Survey of the Eucla district". The West Australian. 13 October 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
Coordinates: 18°41′43″S 127°01′06″E / 18.69528°S 127.01833°E