Gellibrand River

Perennial river in Victoria, Australia

Gellibrand

Location of the Gellibrand River mouth in Victoria

Etymology| In honour of Joseph Gellibrand[1][2]
Native name| Barrat (Gadubanud)[3]
Location
Country| Australia
State| Victoria
Region| South East Coastal Plain (IBRA), The Otways
Local government area| Colac Otway Shire
Physical characteristics
Source| Otway Ranges
• location| near Upper Gellibrand
• coordinates| 38°31′58″S 143°36′27″E﻿ / ﻿38.53278°S 143.60750°E﻿ / -38.53278; 143.60750
• elevation| 356 m (1,168 ft)
Mouth| Bass Strait

• location

| Princetown

• coordinates

| 38°42′23″S 143°9′27″E﻿ / ﻿38.70639°S 143.15750°E﻿ / -38.70639; 143.15750

• elevation

| 0 m (0 ft)
Length| 96 km (60 mi)
Basin features
River system| Corangamite catchment
Tributaries|
• left| Carlisle River
National parks| Great Otway; Port Campbell
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The Gellibrand River is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in the Otways region of the Australian state of Victoria.

## Location and features

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The Gellibrand River rises in the Otway Ranges in southwest Victoria, near the locality of Upper Gellibrand in the Beech Forest. The river flows in a highly meandering course generally west, and then south by west through the Great Otway National Park and Port Campbell National Park, joined by fourteen tributaries including the Carlisle River, before reaching its river mouth and emptying into the Great Australian Bight, at the locality of Princetown. From its highest point, the river descends 256 metres (840 ft) over its 94-kilometre (58 mi) course.[5]

In its upper reaches, the river is impounded by the West Gellibrand Dam.[5]

## Etymology

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The river was named after Joseph Gellibrand, a solicitor and colonist from England.[1][2] In 1844 George Allan, a pioneer pastoralist of the Allansford region, recovered what was widely regarded as the remains of Gellibrand near to the river and subsequently named it after him. Gellibrand had previously gone missing in the Otway region on an expedition in 1837.[6]

The local Gadubanud name for the river was Barrat.[3]

## See also

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* Australia portal

* List of rivers of Australia § Victoria

## References

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1. ^ a b Blake, Les (1977), Place names of Victoria, Adelaide: Rigby, p. 294, ISBN 0-7270-0250-3
2. ^ a b Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF) (PDF). Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
3. ^ a b "MESSRS. GELLIBRAND AND HESSE". The Courier (Hobart). Vol. XVII, no. 976\. Tasmania, Australia. 9 August 1844. p. 2. Retrieved 5 July 2021 - via National Library of Australia.
4. ^ "Gellibrand River: 2966". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
5. ^ a b c "Map of Gellibrand River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
6. ^ "THE REMAINS OF MESSRS GELLIBRAND AND HESSE". Geelong Advertiser. Vol. IV, no. 234\. Victoria, Australia. 24 June 1844. p. 2 (Morning.). Retrieved 5 July 2021 - via National Library of Australia.

## External links

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* "Great Otway National Park". Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. 2014.
* "Corangamite Catchment Management Authority". Government of Victoria. 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014.

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Waterways of the Corangamite catchment, Victoria, Australia

Rivers|

* Aire
* Anglesea
* Barham
* Barwon
* Calder
* Carlisle
* Cumberland
* Curdies
* Elliott
* Erskine
* Ford
* Geary
* Gellibrand
* Grey
* Johanna
* Kennet
* Leigh
* Little Aire
* Moorabool
* Parker
* St George
* Sherbrook
* Woady Yaloak
* Wye
* Yarrowee

Creeks|

* Barongarook
* Black Glen
* Boundary
* Bruce
* Carisbrook
* Chapple
* Cooriemungle
* Cowies
* Dean
* Dewing
* Distillery
* Ferrers
* Gnarkeet Chain Of Ponds
* Gum Gully
* Hovell
* Kennedys
* Kuruc-A-Ruc
* Lal Lal
* Lardner
* Little Woady Yallock
* Love
* Mia Mia
* Moggs
* Mundy Gully
* Naringhil
* Native Hut
* Painkalac
* Penny Royal
* Pirron Yallock
* Port Campbell
* Retreat
* Salt (Corangamite)
* Salt (Surf Coast)
* Sandy (Colac Otway)
* Scotts
* Scrubby
* Skenes
* Smythes
* Spring (Moorabool)
* Spring (Surf Coast)
* Spring Gully
* Stoney
* Sutherland
* Thompson (Surf Coast)
* Warrambine
* Waurn Ponds
* Wild Dog
* Williamson
* Winter
* Woodbourne

Lakes|

* Lake Colac
* Lake Connewarre
* Lake Corangamite
* Lake Gnarpurt
* Lal Lal Reservoir
* Lake Martin
* Moorabool Reservoir
* Lake Murdeduke
* Lake Purrumbete
* Reedy Lake
* Lake Victoria (Geelong)

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Rivers of Victoria

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| Tasman Sea / Bass Strait|

| East Gippsland catchment|

* Ada (East Gippsland)
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* Back
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* Crooked
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* Lake Victoria (East Gippsland)
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* Thurra
* Timbarra
* Lake Tyers
* Wallagaraugh
* Wentworth
* Wingan
* Wongungarra
* Wonnangatta
* Yalmy
* Yeerung

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West Gippsland catchment|

* Aberfeldy
* Ada (Baw Baw)
* Agnes
* Albert
* Avon (Wellington)
* Barkly
* Caledonia
* Carey
* Darby
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* Lake Coleman
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* Tidal
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* Wellington

Melbourne Water catchment|

* Bass
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* Don
* Lang Lang
* Lerderderg
* Little (Greater Geelong)
* Little Bass
* Little Lang Lang
* Little Yarra
* Maribyrnong
* O'Shannassy
* Patterson
* Plenty
* Tarago
* The Old
* Watts
* Werribee
* Yarra

Corangamite catchment|

* Aire
* Anglesea
* Barham
* Barwon
* Calder
* Carlisle
* Lake Connewarre
* Lake Corangamite
* Cumberland
* Curdies
* Elliott
* Erskine
* Ford
* Geary
* Gellibrand
* Grey
* Johanna
* Kennet
* Leigh
* Little Aire
* Lake Martin
* Moorabool
* Parker
* St George
* Sherbrook
* Woady Yaloak
* Wye
* Yarrowee

Great Australian Bight|

| Glenelg Hopkins catchment|

* Lake Bolac
* Lake Burrumbeet
* Chetwynd
* Crawford
* Dundas
* Eumeralla
* Fitzroy
* Glenelg
* Hopkins
* Merri
* Moyne
* Shaw
* Stokes
* Surrey
* Wando
* Wannon

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| North–East catchment|

* Big (Mitta Mitta)
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* Buffalo
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* Catherine
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* Dart
* Lake Dartmouth
* Gibbo
* Lake Hume
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* Ovens
* Rose
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Goulburn Broken catchment|

* Acheron
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* Howqua
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North–Central catchment|

* Avoca
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* Coliban
* Lake Eppalock
* Laanecoorie Reservoir
* Little Coliban
* Little Murray
* Loddon
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Mallee catchment|

* Lindsay
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Rivers that drain inland

| North–Central catchment|

* Avon (Grampians)
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* Richardson

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Wimmera catchment|

* Lake Albacutya
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