The Shaw River, a
perennial river
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of the
Glenelg Hopkins
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catchment, is located in the
Western District of
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
,
Australia
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.
Course and features
The Shaw River rises near and flows generally south, across a coastal plain,
joined by three minor tributaries before reaching its
confluence
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with the
Eumeralla River
The Eumeralla River is a perennial river of the Glenelg Hopkins catchment, located in the Western District of Victoria, Australia.
Course and features
The Eumeralla River rises northeast of Macarthur, and flows generally south, and then wes ...
in
Lake Yambuk. The Eumeralla empties into
Portland Bay
Portland Bay ( Dhauwurdwurrung: ''Kardermudelar / Pathowwererer'') is a small bay off the coast of Victoria, Australia. It is about west of Melbourne. The city of Portland is located on the bay. The western end of the bay is marked by the he ...
in the
Great Australian Bight
The Great Australian Bight is a large oceanic bight, or open bay, off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainland Australia.
Extent
Two definitions of the extent are in use – one used by the International Hydrog ...
south of
Yambuk
Yambuk is a town in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia.
The name Yambuk is an Australian Aboriginal languages, Aboriginal word thought to mean "red kangaroo", "full moon" or "big water".
Shell middens in the limestone cliffs to the eas ...
. The river descends over its
course.
[
The river is traversed by the ]Great Ocean Road
The Great Ocean Road is an Australian National Heritage listed stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Allansford. Built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and dedicated t ...
near its confluence with the Eumeralla River in Lake Yambuk, at the Yambuk Important Bird Area.
Etymology
It was named by Major Mitchell
Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (15 June 1792 – 5 October 1855), surveyor and explorer of Southeastern Australia, was born at Grangemouth in Stirlingshire, Scotland. In 1827 he took up an appointment as Assistant Surveyor General of New Sou ...
in 1836 after General Sir James Shaw Kennedy
General Sir James Shaw Kennedy, (13 October 1788 – 30 May 1865) was a British soldier and military writer.
Personal background
Shaw Kennedy was the son of Captain John Shaw, a former captain in the 76th Highlanders, of Dalton, Kirkcudbrightsh ...
, a Peninsular War
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veteran.
See also
*
References
Glenelg Hopkins catchment
Rivers of Barwon South West (region)
Western District (Victoria)
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