Gellibrand River

Gellibrand
	Location of the Gellibrand River mouth in Victoria
Etymology	In honour of Joseph Gellibrand[1][2]
Location
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Region	South East Coastal Plain (IBRA), The Otways
Local government area	Colac Otway Shire
Physical characteristics
Source	Otway Ranges
• location	near Upper Gellibrand
• coordinates	38°31′58″S 143°36′27″E
• elevation	356 m (1,168 ft)
Mouth	Bass Strait
• location	Princetown
• coordinates	38°42′23″S 143°9′27″E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	96 km (60 mi)
Basin features
River system	Corangamite catchment
Tributaries
• left	Carlisle River
National parks	Great Otway; Port Campbell
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The Gellibrand River is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in The Otways region of the Australian state of Victoria.

Location and features

The Gellibrand River rises in the Otway Ranges in southwest Victoria, near the locality of Upper Gellibrand in the Beech Forest. The river flows in a highly meandering course generally west, and then south by west through the Great Otway National Park and Port Campbell National Park, joined by fourteen tributaries including the Carlisle River, before reaching its river mouth and emptying into the Great Australian Bight, at the locality of Princetown. From its highest point, the river descends 256 metres (840 ft) over its 94-kilometre (58 mi) course.[4]

In its upper reaches, the river is impounded by the West Gellibrand Dam.[4]

The river was named after Joseph Gellibrand, a solicitor from Van Diemen's Land.[1][2]

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Blake, Les (1977), Place names of Victoria, Adelaide: Rigby, p. 294, ISBN 0-7270-0250-3
Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF) (PDF). Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
"Gellibrand River: 2966". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
"Map of Gellibrand River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

"Great Otway National Park". Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. 2014.
"Corangamite Catchment Management Authority". Government of Victoria. 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014.

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