| Gellibrand | |
| Name Native: | (Gadubanud) |
| Name Etymology: | In honour of Joseph Gellibrand |
| Map Size: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Victoria |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Gellibrand River mouth in Victoria |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Victoria |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | South East Coastal Plain (IBRA), The Otways |
| Subdivision Type5: | Local government area |
| Subdivision Name5: | Colac Otway Shire |
| Length: | 96km (60miles) |
| Source1: | Otway Ranges |
| Source1 Location: | near Upper Gellibrand |
| Source1 Coordinates: | -38.5328°N 143.6075°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 356m (1,168feet) |
| Mouth: | Bass Strait |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -38.7064°N 143.1575°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
| River System: | Corangamite catchment |
| Tributaries Left: | Carlisle River |
| Custom Label: | National parks |
| Custom Data: | Great Otway |
| Extra: | [1] [2] |
The Gellibrand River is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in the Otways region of the Australian state of Victoria.
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 . From its highest point, the river descends over its 94km (58miles) course.[2]
In its upper reaches, the river is impounded by the West Gellibrand Dam.[2]
The river was named after Joseph Gellibrand, a solicitor and colonist from England.[3] 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.[4]
The local Gadubanud name for the river was Barrat.[5]