| Parker | |
| Name Native: | [1] |
| Name Etymology: | In honour of Amelia Parker |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Victoria |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Parker 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: | 13km (08miles) |
| Source1: | Otway Ranges |
| Source1 Location: | near Parker Spur |
| Source1 Coordinates: | -38.7475°N 143.5719°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 291m (955feet) |
| Mouth: | Bass Strait |
| Mouth Location: | Cape Otway |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -38.8453°N 143.5611°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
| River System: | Corangamite catchment |
| Custom Label: | National park |
| Custom Data: | Great Otway National Park |
| Extra: | [2] [3] |
The Parker River is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in the Otways region of the Australian state of Victoria.
The Parker River rises in the Otway Ranges in southwest Victoria, near Parkers Spur and flows generally south through the Great Otway National Park before reaching its river mouth and emptying into Bass Strait, east of Cape Otway and the Cape Otway Lighthouse, near Point Franklin. From its highest point, the river descends over its 13km (08miles) course.[3] [4]
In the Aboriginal Australian Gadubanud language the river is named Tjeerrang bundit, meaning "twigs of spear tree".[1]
The river was given its current name by surveyor George Smythe after Amelia Parker, to whom he was later married.[5]