Canning River

32°00′S 115°51′E / 32.000°S 115.850°E / -32.000; 115.850

Canning River
Nyungar: Djarlgarra
Canning River from southern shore looking north towards Mount Henry overlooking Aquinas Bay
Location
CountryAustralia
StateWestern Australia
CityPerth
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWandering[1]
MouthSwan River
 • location
Melville Water
 • coordinates
32°00′11″S 115°51′02″E / 32.0031568°S 115.8506084°E / -32.0031568; 115.8506084
Length110 km (68 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftBull Creek, Bannister Creek, Lambertia Creek, Southern River, Churchmans Brook
 • rightYule Brook, Bickley Brook, Ellis Brook, Stoney Brook, Stinton Creek

The Canning River (Nyungar: Djarlgarra[2][3] or Nyungar: Dyarlgarro[4]) is a major tributary of the Swan River in the South West Land Division of Western Australia. It is home to much wildlife including dolphins, pelicans, swans and many other bird species.

  1. ^ "About the river system". Parks and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  2. ^ Kinsella, John (2017). Polysituatedness: A Poetics of Displacement. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1526113375.
  3. ^ Rivers of emotion : an emotional history of Derbarl Yerrigan and Djarlgarro Beelier : the Swan and Canning rivers. Broomhall, Susan., Pickering, Gina., Australian Research Council. Centre of Excellence. History of Emotions., National Trust of Australia (W.A.). [Crawley, W.A.]: ARC Centre of Excellence History of Emotions. 2012. ISBN 9781740522601. OCLC 820979809.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ "Discover the Swan and Canning rivers | Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions". www.dbca.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2 June 2023.

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