Bannister River
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| location | Wheatbelt Region , Western Australia | |
| River system | Murray River (Western Australia) | |
| Drain over | Hotham River → Murray River → Peel-Harvey Estuary → Indian Ocean | |
| source | north of Bannister 32 ° 37 ′ 47 ″ S , 116 ° 36 ′ 20 ″ E |
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| Source height | 329 m | |
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Hotham River near Boddington Coordinates: 32 ° 47 ′ 25 " S , 116 ° 28 ′ 58" E 32 ° 47 ′ 25 " S , 116 ° 28 ′ 58" E |
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| Mouth height | 209 m | |
| Height difference | 120 m | |
| Bottom slope | 2.7 ‰ | |
| length | 43.7 km | |
| Small towns | Boddington | |
| Communities | Bannister | |
The Bannister River is a river in the southwest of the Australian state of Western Australia .
geography
The river rises around 22 kilometers north of Bannister on the southern slopes of the Darling Range and flows first in a south-easterly and then in a south-westerly direction. It flows into the Hotham River near Boddington .
history
The surveyor general of Western Australia, John Septimus Roe, named the river after the captain Thomas Bannister , who discovered this stream in 1832.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Map of Bannister River, WA . Bonzle.com
- ↑ BANNISTER RIVER ( Memento from September 1, 2007 in the web archive archive.today )