Laura River (Western Australia)

Laura River is a river in the east Kimberley of Western Australia.

Laura River
Location
Country	Australia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Bailey Range
• elevation	409 metres (1,342 ft)[1]
Mouth
• location	Mary River
• elevation	287 metres (942 ft)
Length	86 kilometres (53 mi)[2]

The headwaters of the river rise in the Bailey Range, approximately 20 km south of Halls Creek; the river then flows in a south-westerly direction crossing the Great Northern Highway near Dillinger Bore before discharging into the Mary River of which it is a tributary.

The river was named in 1884 by government surveyor George Russell Turner, of the 1884 Kimberley Survey Expedition, who possibly named it after Laura Louise Forrest (1877-1960), the niece of Surveyor General John Forrest.[2][3]

References

1. "Bonzle Digital Atlas - Map of Laura River, WA". 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
2. Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of river names – L". Retrieved 2 September 2011.
3. "Survey of the Eucla district". The West Australian. 13 October 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 11 July 2014.