Worsley River (Western Australia)

Worsley River is a river in the South West region of Western Australia. The river rises in the Darling Range 2 km south of the old timber town of Worsley then flows east and south discharging into the Collie River in Wellington Reservoir.[1]

Worsley River
Location
Country	Australia
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• location	Collie River, Wellington Reservoir
• elevation	166 metres (545 ft)
Length	4 kilometres (2 mi)

The Worsley River was named after Charles Anderson-Pelham, Lord Worsley, patron of the Western Australian Land and Emigration Committee, which included James Stirling, John Hutt, William Hutt (MP), Edward Barrett-Lennard and Captain Bunbury. The committee promoted emigration to the Swan River colony and the Western Australian Land Company, which established the Australind land settlement project in 1841 under Marshall Clifton. The name was first recorded in surveys performed in the area in 1845.[2]

The Worsley has no named tributaries.[1]

References

1. "Wellington National Park, Westralia Conservation Park and Wellington Discovery Forest Management Plan" (pdf). Perth, WA: Department of Environment and Conservation, Conservation Commission of Western Australia. 2008. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
2. Ogle, Nathaniel (1839). The colony of Western Australia: a manual for emigrants to that settlement or its dependencies. London: James Fraser. p. 56. Retrieved 28 February 2016.