Powlett River
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{{Infobox river
| name = Powlett
| name_native = {{native name|mis|Kugerungmome|paren=omit}} (Boonwurrung){{cite web|url=https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=4956|title=Powlett River: 23828: Traditional Name: Kugerungmome|work=Vicnames|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=2 May 1966|access-date=7 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307124940/https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=4956|archive-date=7 March 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
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| name_etymology = In honour of Frederick Powlett, the Commissioner of the District of Western Port
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| pushpin_map = Australia Victoria
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| pushpin_map_caption= Mouth of the Powlett River in Victoria
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Australia
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = Victoria
| subdivision_type3 = Region
| subdivision_name3 = South East Coastal Plain (IBRA), West Gippsland
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| subdivision_type5 = Local government area
| subdivision_name5 = Bass Coast
| length = {{convert|27|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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| source1 = Strzelecki Ranges
| source1_location = near Ellerside, north of {{VICcity|Inverloch}}
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|38|32|38|S|145|44|35|E|display=inline}}
| source1_elevation = {{convert|42|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth = Bass Strait
| mouth_location = west of {{VICcity|Wonthaggi}}
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|38|35|0|S|145|30|39|E|display=inline,title}}
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| river_system = West Gippsland catchment
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| tributaries_right = Foster Creek
| custom_label = National park
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| extra = {{cite web|url=https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/place.html?method=edit&id=23828|title=Powlett River: 23828|work=Vicnames|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=2 May 1966|access-date=7 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307125242/https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/place.html?method=edit&id=23828|archive-date=7 March 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=204205&cmd=sp|title=Map of Powlett River, VIC|work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia|access-date=7 March 2014}}
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File:Powlett River walking tracks.jpg
The Powlett River (Boonwurrung: Kugerungmome) is a perennial river of the West Gippsland catchment, located in the West Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria.
Location and features
The Powlett River rises on the southern slopes of the Strzelecki Ranges, near Ellerside, north of {{VICcity|Inverloch}}, and flows generally west, joined by one minor tributary, before reaching its mouth within Bass Strait, west of {{VICcity|Wonthaggi}}, within the Shire of Bass Coast. The river descends {{convert|40|m}} over its {{convert|27|km}} course.
The river is traversed by the Bass Highway between Daylston and Wonthaggi.
Etymology
In the Aboriginal Boonwurrung language the name for the river is Kugerungmome, with no clearly defined meaning.
The river was named in 1840 in honour of Frederick Powlett,
{{Australian Dictionary of Biography
|first=P. M. |last=Sales
|title=Powlett, Frederick Armand (1811–1865)
|id2=powlett-frederick-armand-2560
|access-date=7 August 2014
}} the Commissioner of the Western Port District.
{{cite book
|first=Les |last=Blake
|title=Place names of Victoria
|location=Adelaide
|publisher=Rigby
|year=1977
|pages=294
|isbn=0-7270-0250-3
{{cite web
|last = Bird
|first = Eric
|date = 12 October 2006
|title = Place Names on the Coast of Victoria
|publisher = The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS)
|url = http://www.anps.org.au/documents/VIC_coastal.pdf
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110218121208/http://www.anps.org.au/documents/VIC_coastal.pdf
|archive-date = 18 February 2011
|url-status = dead
|df = dmy-all
}}
See also
{{Portal|Australia}}
- {{section link|Rivers of Australia|Victoria}}
References
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External links
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- {{cite book |url=http://www.wgcma.vic.gov.au/images/stories/PDF/Publications/Regional/rcs_2013-19.pdf |format=PDF – 4MB |title=West Gippsland Regional Catchment Strategy (2013 - 2019) |publisher=West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-9805562-8-5 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
{{Rivers of the West Gippsland catchment}}
{{Rivers of Victoria}}
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Category:West Gippsland catchment