Young River (Western Australia)

The Young River is a river in Western Australia that rises south of the Frank Hann National Park then flows in a south easterly direction for a distance of convert|95|km|mi|0 before flowing into Stokes Inlet which discharges into the Southern Ocean.

History

The area around the Young River were used by Aborigines as a travel route through the region. The river provides some permanent water-pools along it's course in an otherwise semi-arid landscape.Many freshwater soaks exist along the banks of the river that acted as popular camp-sites for the Aborigines. Six known sites exist along the water course with several stone artefacts being found.The Young river is thought to be the boundary between two Aboriginal peoples, the Wudjaarri in the west and the Nyungarra to the east.

John Septimus Roe, the Surveyor General, named the Young river after the Governor of South Australia while on expedition in the area in 1835. [cite web|url=http://www.omninet.net.au/~rcare/infodata/youngc/youngc.html|title=South Coast River Care - Young - Lort catchment|year=2001|accessdate=2008-08-21]

Since the 1950's it is estimated that approximately 60% of the land has been cleared in the Young River catxhment area for agricultural purposes.

The Department of the Environment installed four gauging stations along the river, the first in 1970, to measure discharge and water quality.

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