Source: Map - Lower Portland Topographic 1:25,000 (1974)

Reach of the river near Lower Portland.

Source: Place names of the greater Hawkesbury region (Powell 1994)

Reference: p 49

A reach of the Hawkesbury extending upstream from the Colo confluence. Probably named to honour William Frederick, second Duke of Gloucester (1776-1834). He entered the army as a colonel in 1789 and was made field-marshall in 1816.

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Source: Map - Lower Portland Topographic 1:25,000 (1974)

Source: Place names of the greater Hawkesbury region (Powell 1994)

Reference: p 49

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