Glenelg River (Western Australia)
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Glenelg River | |
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Origin | Elizabeth and Catherine Range |
Mouth | Maitland Bay, Timor Sea |
Basin countries | Australia |
Length | 89 kilometres (55 mi) |
Source elevation | 227 metres (745 ft)[1] |
Mouth elevation | sea level |
The Glenelg River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise in the Elizabeth and Catherine Range. The river flows in a north-westerly direction past the Whately Range and discharges into Maitland Bay then through George Water, into Doubtful Bay and finally the Timor Sea.
The McRae River is a tributary of the Glenelg River.
It was first explored in 1838 by a party led by George Grey, but they were poorly prepared and ill-equipped. Grey named the river on 2 March 1838 after Lord Glenelg who was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1835 to 1839 and under whose auspices Grey undertook his exploratons.[2][3]
On 31 March 1929, en route from Sydney to England, the Southern Cross with Charles Kingsford Smith at the helm made an emergency landing on a mudflat near the mouth of the river. The Southern Cross was found and rescued after a fortnight's searching, with George Innes Beard, Albert Barunga and Wally from Kunmunya Mission the first overland party to reach the downed aircraft.[4]
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