Eyre River (Western Australia)

The Eyre River is a river in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.

Eyre River
Location
Country	Australia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Blackboy Hill
• elevation	107 metres (351 ft)[1]
Mouth
• location	Cheynes Inlet
• elevation	sea level
Length	11 kilometres (7 mi)

The headwaters of the river rise below Blackboy Hill approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Wellstead. The river flows in a south-easterly direction and discharges into Cheynes Inlet and on to the Southern Ocean.

The river was named in 1850 by the explorer Francis Thomas Gregory after the explorer John Eyre, who crossed it in 1841 on his expedition from Adelaide to Albany.[2]

References

1. "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Eyre River". 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
2. Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of river names – E". Retrieved 4 September 2011.