Warren River (Western Australia)
| Warren River | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | Tone State Forest 140 metres (459 ft) |
| River mouth |
Southern Ocean sea level |
| Length | 137 kilometres (85 mi) |
| Discharge |
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| Basin features | |
| Basin size | 4,350 km2 (1,680 sq mi) |
The Warren River is a river in the South West region of Western Australia with a catchment encompassing the towns of Manjimup and Pemberton. The river was named by Governor James Stirling, probably after Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren under whom Stirling served whilst in action in North America in 1813.
The river was first encountered in 1831 by Lieutenant William Preston RN, first of the Success, then of the Sulphur. Preston was in charge of a boat survey of the south-west coast from Albany to Fremantle. The boat was wrecked near Green Point and Preston and his crew were forced to make the first land journey from Albany to Fremantle, along the coast. Preston was a brother-in-law of Governor Stirling.
The first settler on the Warren was Edward Reveley Brockman, who in 1862, established Warren House homestead and station on the banks of the river.
The river rises in the Tone State Forest west of Strachan, 30 kilometres (19 mi) south-east of Manjimup. From the confluence of the Tone and Perup Rivers (at Murtinup) it flows 137 kilometres (85 mi) in a south-westerly direction crossing the South Western Highway and then through the Warren State Forest, the Greater Hawke and D'Entrecasteaux National Parks and the Dombakup Nature Reserve, finally discharging into the Southern Ocean near Coolyarbup.
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