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The Fitzroy River is located in the West Kimberley region of Western Australia. ==History== The first people to discover the river were the traditional owners of the areas around the river, including the ''Nyikina'' peoples to the west, the ''Walmadjari'' and ''Konejandi'' peoples to the east, who have lived in the area for at least 40,000 years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ausanthrop – Australian Aboriginal tribal database )〕 The local peoples know the area as ''Mardoowarra'', the river and its vast floodplains are of great spiritual, cultural, medicinal and ecological significance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About the Fitzroy River region )〕 The first European to visit the Fitzroy River was George Grey in 1837 aboard the H.M.S. Beagle. The river was subsequently given its European name by Lieutenant J.L. Stokes in February 1838 after Captain Robert FitzRoy R.N. The Fitzroy River flows for from the King Leopold and Mueller Ranges into King Sound south of Derby, and has a catchment area of The first settlement that appeared along the river was Yeeda Station settled in 1880. The initial owners of the station were the Murray Squatting Company composed of William Paterson, George Paterson, Hamlet Cornish and Alexander Richardson. The company took up the property in the newly opened West Kimberley in 1880 and established the station with both cattle and sheep. Other stations were established along the river further upstream during the 1880s including Noonkanbah Station, Gogo Station, Fossil Downs Station, Liveringa and Lower Liveringa Station. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fitzroy River (Western Australia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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