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Bannister River
Bannister River is a river in the South West region of Western Australia. The river rises to the east of North Bannister and flows in a southerly direction discharging into the Hotham River near Boddington. The river was named after Captain Thomas Bannister who was the first European to visit the river in 1830 by Surveyor General John Septimus Roe John Septimus Roe (8 May 1797 – 28 May 1878) was the first Surveyor-General of Western Australia. He was a renowned explorer, a member of Western Australia's legislative and executive councils for nearly 40 years, but also a participant in t ... in 1832. References {{Rivers of Western Australia Rivers of the South West region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banister River
The Banister River is a tributary of the Dan River, about 65 mi (105 km) long, in southern Virginia in the United States. Via the Dan, it is part of the watershed of the Roanoke River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. It rises on Brier Mountain in western Pittsylvania County and flows generally eastwardly into Halifax County, past the town of Halifax. It joins the Dan River 6 mi (9.7 km) east of the town of South Boston. In Pittsylvania County the Banister collects the Stinking River. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: * Bannister River See also *List of Virginia rivers References Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry*DeLorme DeLorme is the producer of personal satellite tracking, messaging, and navigation technology. The company’s main product, ''inReach'', integrates GPS and satellite technologies. ''inReach'' provides the ability to send and receive text messages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotham River
The Hotham River is one of the major tributaries of the Murray River (Western Australia), Murray River in Western Australia. It is about long with its upper reaches being the Hotham River North, which begins in the Dutarning Range and joins the Hotham at its crossing of the Great Southern Highway near Popanyinning, Western Australia, Popanyinning. A long southern tributary, Hotham River South begins near Cuballing and flows generally northerly before joining the Hotham near Yornaning, Western Australia, Yornaning. From Narrogin, Western Australia, Narrogin, the merged river flows in a northerly direction through the Cuballing, Western Australia, Cuballing district and Dryandra Woodland before heading west through Wandering, Western Australia, Wandering and Boddington, Western Australia, Boddington. The river joins the Williams River (Western Australia), Williams River near Mount Saddleback. History The river was explored by Thomas Bannister in 1830 and probably named by Gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as Stream#Creek, creek, Stream#Brook, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to Geographical feature, geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "Burn (landform), burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from Precipitation (meteorology), precipitation through a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South West (Western Australia)
The South West region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It has an area of 23,970 km2, and a population of about 170,000 people. Bunbury is the main city in the region. Climate The South West has a Mediterranean climate, with dry summers and wet winters. There is about 900 mm of precipitation per year, with most between May and September. Bunburyonline. Mean maximum daily temperatures range from 16 °C in July to 34 °C in February. Economy The economy of the South West is very diverse. It is a major world producer of aluminium oxide and |
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of . It is the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. the state has 2.76 million inhabitants percent of the national total. The vast majority (92 percent) live in the south-west corner; 79 percent of the population lives in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated. The first Europeans to visit Western Australia belonged to the Dutch Dirk Hartog expedition, who visited the Western Australian coast in 1616. The first permanent European colony of Western Australia occurred following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Bannister
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is related to the Old High German ''nord'', both descending from the Proto-Indo-European unit *''ner-'', meaning "left; below" as north is to left when facing the rising sun. Similarly, the other cardinal directions are also related to the sun's position. The Latin word ''borealis'' comes from the Greek '' boreas'' "north wind, north", which, according to Ovid, was personified as the wind-god Boreas, the father of Calais and Zetes. ''Septentrionalis'' is from ''septentriones'', "the seven plow oxen", a name of ''Ursa Major''. The Greek ἀρκτικός (''arktikós'') is named for the same constellation, and is the source of the English word ''Arctic''. Other languages have other derivations. For example, in Lezgian, ''kefer'' can mean b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boddington, Western Australia
Boddington is a town and Shire of Boddington, shire in the Peel (Western Australia), Peel region of Western Australia, located south-east of Perth. The town sits on the road from Pinjarra, Western Australia, Pinjarra to Williams, Western Australia, Williams on the Hotham River. The population of the town was 1,844 at the 2016 Census. History The town owes its name to an early settler, Henry Boddington, who was a farmer and shepherd in the 1860s and 1870s and leased land in the area in 1875, later moving to Wagin, Western Australia, Wagin. His name became associated with a pool in the Hotham River at which he frequently camped. The original settled locality was called Hotham, west of the town at what is now the end of Farmers Avenue, named for the Farmer family, and a post office and school were established. When the Hotham Valley Railway was being constructed in 1912 to meet demand created by the local timber industry, a townsite was chosen adjacent to the town, and subsequen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bannister
Thomas Bannister (1799–1874) was a soldier and explorer in Western Australia. He was born in Steyning, Sussex in 1799, and arrived in Western Australia in 1829, age 30, with the rank of Captain aboard the ''Atwick'' with 3 servants from London, England. Upon arriving in Fremantle he accompanied Thomas Braidwood Wilson to select land for settlement along the Canning River. Later the same year he explored the base of the Darling Range and then lead an expedition from Perth to Albany accepting land grants along the way. Bannister came to Forth River and Frankland River in 1831. Leaving the colony in 1835 (renting his Canning land to William Nairn), and went to Victoria where he became a founding member of the Port Philip Association. He is the brother of Saxe Bannister, the first Attorney General of New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_ty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Septimus Roe
John Septimus Roe (8 May 1797 – 28 May 1878) was the first Surveyor-General of Western Australia. He was a renowned explorer, a member of Western Australia's legislative and executive councils for nearly 40 years, but also a participant in the Pinjarra massacre on 28 October 1834. Early life John Septimus Roe was born at Newbury, Berkshire on 8 May 1797. He was the seventh son of James Roe, the rector of Newbury. At 10 years of age, Roe was sent to Christ's Hospital School (which is still standing today) in London, to study for a career as a school teacher. There, he showed a great aptitude for mathematics, and was selected for training by the Mathematical School, which trained selected students for service in the Royal Navy. He was an outstanding student, and was apprenticed to the Navy at the age of 15. Naval service John Septimus Roe entered the Naval service on 11 June 1813. His first appointment was as a midshipman on , captained by Sir Christopher Cole. Over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
