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The Roe River is a river in the Kimberley of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river rise in the Prince Regent Nature Reserve below Bushfire Hill then flow in a north westerly direction. The river discharges into Prince Frederick Harbour to York Sound and out onto the Indian Ocean. The river contains several permanent pools, including Paradise Pool where several examples of Indigenous Australian art known as Bradshaw paintings can be found along the cliff faces.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bradshaw Foundation - Rock Art Archives ) 〕 The river has five tributaries including; Moran river, Wyulda Creek and Rufous Creek. The river was named in 1820 by Philip Parker King after the father of master's mate John Septimus Roe during his voyage in the ''Mermaid''; he also named Prince Frederick Harbour, Prince Regent River and the nearby Mount Trafalgar during the same visit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Kimberley Society - Joseph Bradshaw getting lost in the Kimberley ) 〕 The first European to trace the Roe from its source to its outflow was the explorer Frederick Brockman in 1884. The river has a total of seven freshwater fish species that inhabit its waters. ==References== 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「Roe River (Western Australia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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