Forrest River
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The Forrest River is a river
in the Kimberley of Western Australia
.
The river rises just East of Pseudomys Hill in the Drysdale River National Park
and flows in an easterly direction until discharging into the western arm of the Cambridge Gulf
.
The river was named in 1884 by Staff Commander JE Coghlan while conducting hydrographic surveys in the area. The river is named after John Forrest
who was Surveyor General
at the time and later became Premier of Western Australia
.
The traditional owners
of the area that the river flows through are the Ngarinjin people.
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
in the Kimberley of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
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The river rises just East of Pseudomys Hill in the Drysdale River National Park
Drysdale River National Park
Drysdale River National Park is a national park in the Kimberley region of Western Australia , northeast of Perth.The park lies about south of Kalumburu and west of Wyndham....
and flows in an easterly direction until discharging into the western arm of the Cambridge Gulf
Cambridge Gulf
Cambridge Gulf is a gulf on the north coast of Western Australia.Many rivers flow into the gulf including the Ord River, Pentecost River, Durack River, King River and the Forrest River.The gulf experiences two large tidal flows each day between to...
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The river was named in 1884 by Staff Commander JE Coghlan while conducting hydrographic surveys in the area. The river is named after John Forrest
John Forrest
Sir John Forrest GCMG was an Australian explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament....
who was Surveyor General
Surveyor General
The Surveyor General is an official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory. Originally this would often have been a military appointment, but is now more likely to be a civilian post....
at the time and later became Premier of Western Australia
Premier of Western Australia
The Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive government in the Australian State of Western Australia. The Premier has similar functions in Western Australia to those performed by the Prime Minister of Australia at the national level, subject to the different Constitutions...
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The traditional owners
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
of the area that the river flows through are the Ngarinjin people.