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The Inman River is a small river draining the eastern side of the
The Inman River rises on the eastern slopes of the
Fleurieu Peninsula
The Fleurieu Peninsula () is a peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia located south of the state capital of Adelaide.
History
Before British colonisation of South Australia, the western side of the peninsula was occupied by the ...
in the Australian state of South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
.
Course and features
The Inman River rises on the eastern slopes of the Mount Lofty Range
The Mount Lofty Ranges are a range of mountains in the Australian state of South Australia which for a small part of its length borders the east of Adelaide. The part of the range in the vicinity of Adelaide is called the Adelaide Hills and ...
and its headwaters drain the Inman Valley as the river flows southeast towards its mouth emptying into Encounter Bay
Encounter Bay is a bay in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state's south central coast about south of the state capital of Adelaide. It was named by Matthew Flinders after his encounter on 8 April 1802 with Nicolas Baudi ...
on the southern side of Victor Harbor. The river descends over its course.
Etymology
The Inman River was named through association with Inspector Henry Inman, founder and first commander of theSouth Australia Police
South Australia Police (SAPOL) is the police force of the Australian state of South Australia. SAPOL is an independent statutory agency of the Government of South Australia directed by the Commissioner of Police, who reports to the Minister for ...
, who pursued two allegedly escaped convicts there in August 1838. Two indigenous names are recorded for the river: ''Moo-oola'' and ''Moogoora''. The mouth was called ''Mugurank'', meaning 'place of hammerstones'.
Selwyn Rock, named after Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn
Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn, CMG, LL.D, FRS, FGS (26 July 182419 October 1902) was a British geologist and public servant, director of the Geological Survey of Victoria from 1852 to 1869, director of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) fro ...
who first discovered it in 1859, is a glaciated pavement in the bed of the river near the settlement of Inman Valley which clearly shows evidence of Glacial striation
Glacial striations or striae are scratches or gouges cut into bedrock by glacial abrasion. These scratches and gouges were first recognized as the result of a moving glacier in the late 18th century when Swiss alpinists first associated them w ...
.
See also
* List of rivers of South AustraliaReferences
{{Rivers of South Australia Rivers of South Australia Fleurieu Peninsula