Perry River
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Perry River (Victoria)
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| Basin countries | Victoria, Australia |
The Perry River is a river of Gippsland in southeastern Victoria, Australia.
The river was named by Count Strzelecki after Captain Perry [1] of the NSW Survey Department in 1840 [2] [3].
References
- ^ Dowd, Bernard T. (1967). "Perry, Samuel Augustus (1787 - 1854)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020289b.htm.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
- ^ Blake, Les (1977), Place names of Victoria, Adelaide: Rigby, pp. 294, ISBN 0-7270-0250-3, cited in Bird (2006)
- ^ 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.
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Coordinates: 37°55′39″S 147°16′15″E / 37.9275°S 147.27083°E
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