This article is about a river in Queensland. For a river of the same name in Canada, see Kendall River. River in Queensland, Australia
| Kendall | |
|---|---|
  Location of Kendall River mouth in Queensland | |
| Etymology | In honour of Thomas Kendall |
| 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 / -14.20583; 141.62750 |
| • elevation | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
| Length | 167 km (104 mi) |
| Basin size | 4,851 km (1,873 sq mi) |
The Kendall River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia.
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.
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.
History
The traditional owners of the area are the Wik-Munkan and Mimungkun peoples.
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.
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.
See also
References
- ^ "Kendall River (entry 17925)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "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 Misplaced Pages 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.
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