Buller River (Western Australia) Explained

Buller River
Mouth Location:	Indian Ocean
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	Australia
Length:	10km (10miles)
Source1 Elevation:	142m (466feet)
Mouth Elevation:	sea level
Discharge1 Avg:	587.4ML/yr^[1]
Basin Size:	33.9km2^[2]

The Buller River is a river in the Mid West region of Western Australia, near Geraldton.

The river is a short coastal stream of around 10 km length just to the north of Geraldton, in the Drummond Cove and Oakajee areas. The headwaters of the river are 25km (16miles) north of Geraldton. The Buller flows in a southerly direction, initially following the east side of the North West Coastal Highway to a point 4km (02miles) north of Drummond Cove, where it turns to the west, to discharge into the Indian Ocean.

History

The Buller River was named on 7 April 1839 by the explorer George Grey while on his second disastrous expedition along the Western Australian coast,^[3] probably after Charles Buller M.P., an associate of Edward Gibbon Wakefield and Grey's friend William Hutt (brother of the 2nd Governor of Western Australia, John Hutt), and an active parliamentary proponent of the free colonization of South Australia, Western Australia and New Zealand.^{[4] [5] [6]}

References

-28.6364°N 114.605°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Site Summary Report: Site 701006 Buller River . 20 July 2012 . 20 Jul 2012 . Water Resources Data - Streamflow Sites . Government of Western Australia Department of Water . https://web.archive.org/web/20110407012043/http://kumina.water.wa.gov.au/waterinformation/wrdata/FLOW/701006/han.htm . 7 April 2011 . dead .
2. Web site: Total Annual Discharge report: Site 701006 Buller River . 20 July 2012 . 20 Jul 2012 . Water Resources Data - Streamflow Sites . Government of Western Australia Department of Water . https://web.archive.org/web/20110407011832/http://kumina.water.wa.gov.au/waterinformation/wrdata/FLOW/701006/ssm.htm . 7 April 2011 . dead .
3. Book: Grey . George . Journals of two expeditions of discovery in North-West and Western Australia, during the years 1837, 38, and 39, describing many newly discovered, important, and fertile districts, with observations on the moral and physical condition of the aboriginal inhabitants, etc. etc. . 2 . T. and W. Boone . 1841 . London . 26 . 17 March 2012.
4. News: Latest English News: New Colony . 30 Oct 1834 . The Sydney Herald . 1 . 25 July 2012.
5. News: The Inquirer . 24 Jan 1844 . 2 . 25 July 2012.
6. Book: Temple . Philip . A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields . Auckland University Press . 2002 . Auckland . 386 . 11 April 2012 . 978-1869403072.