The Tarra River is a
perennial river
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of the
West Gippsland
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catchment, located in the
South Gippsland
South Gippsland, a region of Gippsland in Victoria, Australia, is a well-watered region consisting of low, rolling hills descending to the coast in the south and the Latrobe Valley in the north. Low granite hills continue into Wilsons Promon ...
region of the
Australian state of
Victoria
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.
Location and features
The Tarra River rises on the southern slopes of the
Strzelecki Ranges
The Strzelecki Ranges (pronounced STREHZ leckee) is a set of low mountain ridges located in the West Gippsland and South Gippsland regions of the Australian state of Victoria.
The Ranges are named after Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, a Polish expl ...
, near Womerah, on the southwestern boundary of the
Tarra-Bulga National Park
The Tarra-Bulga National Park is a small national park located in the South Gippsland region of eastern Victoria, Australia approximately south east of Melbourne. The park is located south of Traralgon on the Traralgon-Balook Road and north o ...
, and flows in a highly meandering
course generally east then south, joined by one minor
tributary
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before reaching its
mouth within the
Corner Inlet
The Corner Inlet is a bay located south-east of Melbourne in the South Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Of Victoria's large bays it is both the easternmost and the warmest. It contains intertidal mudflats, mangroves, salt marsh and s ...
, east of , and emptying into
Bass Strait. The river descends over its course.
[
The river is traversed by the ]South Gippsland Highway
The South Gippsland Highway is a partially divided highway in Victoria, Australia which connects the city of Melbourne with the South Gippsland region of Victoria, ending in the town of Sale. The highway begins at Lonsdale Street (Princes High ...
between and Greenmount.[
]
Etymology
In the Aboriginal Braiakaulung language the name for the river is ''Blindit'yin'', meaning "platypus
The platypus (''Ornithorhynchus anatinus''), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative or mono ...
".[
The river was named in honour of Charley Tarra, a Gippsland Company Aboriginal guide.]
See also
* Rivers of Victoria
References
External links
*
West Gippsland catchment
Rivers of Gippsland (region)
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