Forbes River (New South Wales)
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The Forbes River is a river on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales
in Australia
. The river rises approximately 800 metres west of Spokes Mountain and flows southwards for about 38 km to its confluence with the Hastings River near Yarras.
The river was named by Surveyor-General John Oxley
in honour of Francis Forbes
, who later became first Chief Justice of NSW in the Supreme Court.
Areas adjacent to the Forbes River were an important source of logging
timber with several sawmills operating along the river. The lower reaches were used for dairying, but these farms now rear beef cattle.
Dingo
s, carpet pythons, and goanna
s inhabit parts of the Forbes River.
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The river rises approximately 800 metres west of Spokes Mountain and flows southwards for about 38 km to its confluence with the Hastings River near Yarras.
The river was named by Surveyor-General John Oxley
John Oxley
John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley was an explorer and surveyor of Australia in the early period of English colonisation.October 1802 he was engaged in coastal survey work including an expedition to Western Port in 1804-05...
in honour of Francis Forbes
Francis Forbes
Sir Francis Forbes was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, and the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.-Early life:...
, who later became first Chief Justice of NSW in the Supreme Court.
Areas adjacent to the Forbes River were an important source of logging
Logging
Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks.In forestry, the term logging is sometimes used in a narrow sense concerning the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard...
timber with several sawmills operating along the river. The lower reaches were used for dairying, but these farms now rear beef cattle.
Dingo
Dingo
The Australian Dingo or Warrigal is a free-roaming wild dog unique to the continent of Australia, mainly found in the outback. Its original ancestors are thought to have arrived with humans from southeast Asia thousands of years ago, when dogs were still relatively undomesticated and closer to...
s, carpet pythons, and goanna
Goanna
Goanna is the name used to refer to any number of Australian monitor lizards of the genus Varanus, as well as to certain species from Southeast Asia.There are around 30 species of goanna, 25 of which are found in Australia...
s inhabit parts of the Forbes River.