Parker River
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The Parker River is a river in southwestern Victoria, Australia
. It lies wholly within Port Campbell National Park
in the Otway Ranges and enters Bass Strait
near Cape Otway
.
It was named by surveyor George Smythe after Amelia Parker, to whom he was later married.
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...
. It lies wholly within Port Campbell National Park
Port Campbell National Park
Port Campbell is a national park in Victoria, Australia, 190 kilometres south-west of Melbourne.-Features:The Port Campbell National Park is a protected national park in Victoria, Australia, 190 kilometres south-west of Melbourne; featuring an array of sheer cliffs overlooking offshore...
in the Otway Ranges and enters Bass Strait
Bass Strait
Bass Strait is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland, specifically the state of Victoria.-Extent:The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Bass Strait as follows:...
near Cape Otway
Cape Otway
Cape Otway is a cape in south Victoria, Australia on the Great Ocean Road; much of the area is enclosed in the Otway National Park.-History:...
.
It was named by surveyor George Smythe after Amelia Parker, to whom he was later married.