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The Tarra River is a perennial river of the West Gippsland catchment, located in the South Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria.
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Location and featuresEdit
The Tarra River rises on the southern slopes of the Strzelecki Ranges, near Womerah, on the southwestern boundary of the Tarra-Bulga National Park, and flows in a highly meandering course generally east then south, joined by one minor tributary before reaching its mouth within the Corner Inlet, east of Port Albert, and emptying into Bass Strait. The river descends 238 metres (781 ft) over its 56-kilometre (35 mi) course.
The river is traversed by the South Gippsland Highway between Yarram and Greenmount.
EtymologyEdit
In the Australian Aboriginal Braiakaulung language the name for the river is Blindit'yin, meaning "platypus".
The river was named in honour of Charley Tarra, a Gippsland Company Aboriginal guide.