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Kent River
The Kent River is a 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 wate ... in the Great Southern of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river rise near Tenterden, Western Australia, Tenterden. The river flows in a south-westerly direction, crosses the Muirs Highway east of Rocky Gully, Western Australia, Rocky Gully, flows through Mount Roe National Park, Mount Roe and Mount Lindesay National Park, Mount Lindesay national parks, crosses the South Coast Highway near Kenton, flows through the Owingup Nature Reserve swampland and finally discharges into the eastern side of Irwin Inlet. There are two tributary, tributaries to the Kent; Styx River and Nile Creek. The river was named in 1829 by Thomas Braidwood Wilson, Thomas Wilson who was the first European to explore the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenterden, Western Australia
Tenterden is a town located 328 km south-east of Perth, Western Australia, Perth in the Shire of Cranbrook in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, Great Southern region of Western Australia. The townsite is located on one of the rail siding, sidings on the Great Southern Railway (Western Australia), Great Southern Railway line. The siding was established in 1891 and shortly afterward the government made land available for agricultural purposes in the area. The town was gazetted in 1893 and is named after a town in Kent. 2003 Fire On 27 December 2003, two live power lines clashed and shorted out resulting in a large bushfire. Two local women died in the fire. Crop, property and stock damage was estimated to be in the millions of dollars. In December 2005, Western Power Corporation, Western Power was fined $17,500 by a magistrate, having been taken to court by the Office of Energy Safety for failing to maintain a safe power network. References Towns in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Lindesay National Park
Mount Lindesay National Park is a national park in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia. It was designated in 2004, and covers an area of 395.73 km2. It is part of the larger Walpole Wilderness Area that was established in the same year. It is bounded on the north and north west by Mount Roe National Park. It straddles two ecoregions – the Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands cover the southern portion of the park and extend to the coast, and Southwest Australia woodlands cover the northern portion of the park."Mount Lindesay". DOPA Explorer. Accessed 30 April 2022/ref> The park is the easternmost in the Walpole Wilderness Area The Walpole Wilderness Area is a group of conservation reserves on the south coast of Western Australia. The area includes vast tracts of jarrah, red tingle and karri forests surrounding granite peaks, rivers, heathlands, and wetlands. Coasta ..., which was designated in 2004 and includes several other national parks and reserves. Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment Of Foot
The 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1702. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot to form the Dorsetshire Regiment in 1881. History Early years The regiment was first raised by Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Lisburne as Viscount Lisburne's Regiment of Foot in 1689 but was disbanded in 1697. It was re-raised in Ireland, without lineal connection to the previous regiment, by Colonel Richard Coote as Richard Coote's Regiment of Foot in August 1702. The regiment landed at Lisbon in June 1707 for service in the War of the Spanish Succession.Cannon, p. 3 It saw action at the Battle of La Gudina in May 1709Cannon, p. 5 and then remained in Portugal until 1713 when it embarked for Gibraltar and then moved to Menorca later in the year.Cannon, p. 8 It was posted to Ireland in 1719 and sailed to Gibraltar in 1726 to reinforce the garrison.Cannon, p. 9 The regiment sailed for Jamaica in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. Comprising the westernmost peninsulas of Eurasia, it shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and Asia to the east. Europe is commonly considered to be Boundaries between the continents of Earth#Asia and Europe, separated from Asia by the drainage divide, watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural (river), Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea and the waterways of the Turkish Straits. "Europe" (pp. 68–69); "Asia" (pp. 90–91): "A commonly accepted division between Asia and E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Braidwood Wilson
Thomas Braidwood Wilson FRGS (bapt. 29 April 1792 – 11 November 1843) was an Australian surgeon and explorer. He was baptised in Kirknewton, West Lothian, Scotland, the son of James, and Catherine Boak. Sea voyages Wilson studied at Edinburgh University and became a Doctor of Medicine. He joined the Royal Navy in 1815 and made nine voyages to Australia as a surgeon-superintendent on convict ships. The times were very dangerous and many of the sea voyages were eventful. In 1829 he travelled on the return journey of the to Australia when it was shipwrecked in the Torres Strait. Wilson and some of the crew rowed to Timor. Aboard the ship, , Wilson returned in 1831 to Hobart Town with a hive of bees, that had survived the trip to Australia, and many European plants. The bees were considered to be the first European bees brought to Tasmania. Wilson was presented with an engraved snuffbox with the inscription praising him for, "introducing to (the colony) some of the most va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. PhysicalGeography.net, Michael Pidwirny & S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owingup Nature Reserve
The Owingup Swamp and Boat Harbour Wetlands Important Bird Area is a 442 ha site comprising Owingup Swamp, and ten other, smaller, wetlands nearby, in the Great Southern region of south-western Australia. It lies about 25 km south-south-west of Denmark, Western Australia, near the track to the coast at Boat Harbour cove. The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it is supports small numbers of the endangered Australasian bittern. Description The shallow wetlands are permanent or near-permanent, cycling through seasonal changes in salinity from freshwater in winter and spring to brackish in summer and autumn. They provide habitat for the bitterns in the form of sedgelands dominated by ''Baumea articulata'' or '' Gahnia trifida'', but also have heathland, shrubland and forest communities. The site is largely contained by the Owingup Nature Reserve and has a Mediterranean climate with wet winters and dry summers.Bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Coast Highway
South Coast Highway is a Western Australian highway. It is a part of the Highway 1 network. With a length of , it runs from Esperance to Walpole roughly in parallel to Western Australia's south coast. Even then the journey is pretty much inland. Approximately from Ravensthorpe lies the Fitzgerald River National Park with beaches, coastal and mountain walking trails and wildflowers. There are three more national parks with abundant wildlife along the journey to Walpole. Albany is a former whaling town and is rich in history. Beyond Walpole, Highway 1 continues as South Western Highway to Perth. Beyond Esperance, Highway 1 continues as Coolgardie–Esperance Highway to Norseman. Towns The highway passes through the following towns from East to West: * Esperance * Ravensthorpe * Boxwood Hill * Manypeaks * Albany * Denmark * Walpole See also * Highways in Australia * List of highways in Western Australia Highways in Western Australia include both roads that ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Roe National Park
Mount Roe National Park is a national park in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia. It was designated in 2004, and covers an area of 1278 km2. Geography The park covers an area of 1277.26 km2. It is bounded on the north west by Lake Muir National Park, on the west by Mount Frankland North and Mount Frankland National Parks, on the south west by Mount Frankland South National Park, and on the south east by Mount Lindesay National Park. Mount Roe (357 m) is a large granite outcrop near the western edge of the park. It was named in 1829 by Dr. Thomas Braidwood Wilson after John Septimus Roe, the first Surveyor General of Western Australia."Mount Roe National Park". Parks and Wildlife Service, Government of Western Australia. Accessed 30 April 2022/ref> The Frankland River (Western Australia), Frankland River flows from north to south through the eastern portion of the park. The Kent River flows through the central portion of the park. Flora and fauna Plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irwin Inlet
Irwin Inlet is an inlet in the located on the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It was also known as Quarram Inlet. The inlet receives water from two main sources, Bow River of the north west and Kent River to the north east. The inlet itself discharges into the Southern Ocean via Foul Bay. The inlet is approximately east of Walpole and west of Denmark. The South Coast Highway is about north of the inlet. A sandbar across the entrance to the inlet on the ocean side, but this is often breached during the winter. The inlet bisects Peaceful Bay beach. The inlet is a wave dominated estuary with a total area of ; it is estimated that 30% of the catchment is cleared. The inlet is slowly turning into swampland as a result of its high sediment loading and shallow depth. The basin supports large seagrass meadows and is used as a commercial fishery. The Bibbulmun Track The Bibbulmun Track is a long-distance walk trail in Western Australia. It runs from Kalamunda in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocky Gully, Western Australia
Rocky Gully is a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The town is located along the Muirs Highway, about from the Kent River The Kent River is a 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 withou .... A site was selected for a town when land in the area was sub-divided in the 1930s. By 1951 a small community was established as part of the War Service land settlement scheme and the townsite was gazetted. References {{authority control Great Southern (Western Australia) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muirs Highway
Muirs Highway is a Western Australian highway linking Manjimup and Mount Barker on the Albany Highway. It is signed as State Route 102 and is long. It provides a shorter distance between Manjimup and Albany. It is a lonely highway surrounded with karri and jarrah forests with no settlements in between except the small farming settlement of Rocky Gully. It is primarily used as a freight route for plantation timber trucks and interstate long vehicles servicing the horticultural areas of the south west. The road is a two way, single carriageway bitumen surfaced highway. The highway passes through several localities including Manjimup, Dingup, Nyamup, Strachan, Murtinup, Rocky Gully and Mount Barker. Muirs Highway was named after brothers Thomas and John Muir, the first European settlers in the Warren district, who settled at ''Deeside'' in 1852 and built a rush hut there in 1856. See also * Highways in Australia * List of highways in Western Australia Highways ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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