| Shaw | |
| Name Etymology: | In honour of James Shaw Kennedy. |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Victoria |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Shaw River mouth in Victoria |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Victoria |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Victorian Midlands, Naracoorte Coastal Plain (IBRA), Western District |
| Subdivision Type5: | Local government area |
| Subdivision Name5: | Glenelg Shire |
| Length: | 51km (32miles) |
| Source1 Location: | near |
| Source1 Coordinates: | -38.015°N 142.1375°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 174m (571feet) |
| Mouth: | confluence with the Eumeralla River in Lake Yambuk |
| Mouth Location: | southwest of Yambuk |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -38.32°N 142.0517°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | -1m (-03feet) |
| River System: | Glenelg Hopkins catchment |
| Tributaries Left: | Ware Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Carmichael Creek, Kangaroo Creek (Victoria) |
| Custom Label: | Lake |
| Custom Data: | Lake Yambuk |
| Extra: | [1] |
The Shaw River, a perennial river of the Glenelg Hopkins catchment, is located in the Western District of Victoria, Australia.
The Shaw River rises near and flows generally south, across a coastal plain,[2] joined by three minor tributaries before reaching its confluence with the Eumeralla River in Lake Yambuk. The Eumeralla empties into Portland Bay in the Great Australian Bight south of Yambuk. The river descends over its 51km (32miles) course.[1]
The river is traversed by the Great Ocean Road near its confluence with the Eumeralla River in Lake Yambuk, at the Yambuk Important Bird Area.
It was named by Major Mitchell in 1836 after General Sir James Shaw Kennedy, a Peninsular War veteran.[3] [4]