Davey River

Davey River is a river in the South West Tasmania. It is within the South West Wilderness, and drains into Payne Bay – the inner part of Port Davey – which lies west of Bathurst Harbour. Its catchment starts in the west of the Frankland Range.

A section of the lower Davey River gorge is known as Hells Gates^[1][2] - providing confusion with the entry to Macquarie Harbour which has an entrance by the same name - Hells Gates.

Notes

1. "HELL'S GATES, DAVEY RIVER TASMANIA.". Illustrated Australian News (Melbourne, Vic. : 1876 - 1889) (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 20 March 1878. p. 42. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
2. "HELL'S GATES, DAVEY RIVER, TASMANIA.". Illustrated Sydney News (NSW : 1853 - 1872) (NSW: National Library of Australia). 20 April 1878. p. 5. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

Further reading

• Binks, C.J. (1989). Explorers of Western Tasmania. Launceston, Tas.: Mary Fisher Bookshop. ISBN 0-7316-7300-X.
• Gee, H and Fenton, J. (Eds) (1978) The South West Book - A Tasmanian Wilderness Melbourne, Australian Conservation Foundation. ISBN 0-85802-054-8
• Neilson, D. (1975) South West Tasmania - A land of the Wild. Adelaide. Rigby. ISBN 0-85179-874-8
• Waterman, Peter (editor) (1981) Davey River catchment Sandy Bay, Tas. : Steering Committee, South West Tasmania Resources Survey. Working paper (South West Tasmania Resources Survey) ; no. 20. ISBN 0-7246-1009-X

External links

• Palaeozoic Rocks of the Davey River, South-West Tasmania

Coordinates: 43°12′S 145°55′E / 43.200°S 145.917°E