Extract
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| GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT | |
| 20th June 2013 | |
| Reference: | 45477 |
| Placename: | Peel River |
| Designation: | River |
| Status: | Assigned 19th October 1973 |
| Previous Name: | Peel River (Eastern Branch) |
| LGA: | Gunnedah |
| Approx. AGD66 Lat: | -31 00 00 |
| Approx. AGD66 Long: | 150 50 00 |
| Approx. GDA94 Lat: | -30 59 54 |
| Approx. GDA94 Long: | 150 50 04 |
| Topographic Map: | Somerton |
| 1:100000 Map: | Manilla 9036 |
| Parish: | Moorowara |
| County: | Parry |
| Description: | A watercourse about 140 km long. It rises at the junction of the Great Dividing Range and Mount Royal Range and flows generally N, NW and then W into the Namoi River about 5 km S of Keepit Dam. |
| Origin: | Discovered and named by John Oxley in 1818 after Sir Robert Peel who later became Prime Minister of England. |
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