The Kendall River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia.
| Kendall | |
|---|---|
  Location of Kendall River mouth in Queensland | |
| Etymology | In honour of Thomas Kendall[1] |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Queensland |
| Region | Far North Queensland |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Great Dividing Range |
| • location | northwest of Bally Junction |
| • elevation | 154 m (505 ft) |
| Mouth | confluence with the Holroyd River |
• location | near the Kulinchin Outstation |
• coordinates | 14°12′21″S 141°37′39″E / 14.20583°S 141.62750°E |
• elevation | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
| Length | 167 km (104 mi) |
| Basin size | 4,851 km2 (1,873 sq mi) |
| [2] | |
The headwaters of the river rise in the Great Dividing Range and flows in a south westerly direction through mostly uninhabited country across Cape York Peninsula. It eventually discharges into the Holroyd River near the Kulinchin Outstation and then onto the Gulf of Carpentaria.[2]
The river has a catchment area of 4,851 square kilometres (1,873 sq mi), of which an area of 93 square kilometres (36 sq mi) is composed of palustrine wetlands.[3]
History
editThe traditional owners of the area are the Wik-Munkan[4] and Mimungkun peoples.[5]
Kugu Nganhcara (also known as Wik, Wiknantjara, Wik Nganychara, Wik Ngencherr) is a traditional language of the area, which includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Cook Shire.[6]
The river was named by the pastoralists, Francis Lascelles Jardine and Alexander William Jardine in 1863. It was originally known as Kendall Creek and was named after a poet friend of their surveyor, Thomas Henry Kendall.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Kendall River (entry 17925)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Map of Kendall River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Kendall River drainage basin". WetlandInfo. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Wik-Munkan". AusAnthrop Australian Aboriginal tribal database. Ausanthrop. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Mimungkun". AusAnthrop Australian Aboriginal tribal database. Ausanthrop. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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This Wikipedia article incorporates CC BY 4.0 licensed text from: "Indigenous languages map of Queensland". State Library of Queensland. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 5 February 2020.