# Inman River

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River in South Australia

Inman Glaciated pavement in the Inman River Location of the river mouth in South Australia Etymology Henry Inman[1] Native name Moo-oola; Moogoora (Ngarrindjeri) Location Country Australia State South Australia Region Fleurieu Peninsula Physical characteristics Source Mount Lofty Range • location Bald Hills • coordinates 35°30′S 138°25′E / 35.500°S 138.417°E / -35.500; 138.417 • elevation 137 m (449 ft) Mouth Encounter Bay • location Victor Harbor • coordinates 35°33′40″S 138°36′40″E / 35.56111°S 138.61111°E / -35.56111; 138.61111 • elevation 0 m (0 ft) Length 26 km (16 mi) [2]

The **Inman River** is a small river draining the eastern side of the [Fleurieu Peninsula](/source/Fleurieu_Peninsula) in the Australian state of [South Australia](/source/South_Australia).

## Course and features

Selwyn Rock - grooves and striations on exhumed [Permian](/source/Permian) [glacial pavement](/source/Glacial_striation).

The Inman River rises on the eastern slopes of the [Mount Lofty Range](/source/Mount_Lofty_Range) and its headwaters drain the [Inman Valley](/source/Inman_Valley%2C_South_Australia) as the river flows southeast towards its [mouth](/source/Mouth_(river)) emptying into [Encounter Bay](/source/Encounter_Bay) on the southern side of [Victor Harbor](/source/Victor_Harbor%2C_South_Australia). The river descends 142 metres (466 ft) over its 26-kilometre (16 mi) [course](/source/Watercourse).[2]

## Etymology

The Inman River was named through association with Inspector [Henry Inman](/source/Henry_Inman_(police_commander)), founder and first commander of the [South Australia Police](/source/South_Australia_Police), who pursued two allegedly escaped convicts there in August 1838.[1] Two indigenous names are recorded for the river: ***Moo-oola*** and ***Moogoora***.[3][4] The mouth was called *Mugurank*, meaning 'place of hammerstones'.[5]

[Selwyn Rock](/source/Selwyn_Rock), named after [Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn](/source/Alfred_Richard_Cecil_Selwyn) who first discovered it in 1859, is a glaciated pavement in the bed of the river near the settlement of [Inman Valley](/source/Inman_Valley%2C_South_Australia) which clearly shows evidence of [Glacial striation](/source/Glacial_striation).

## See also

- [South Australia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:South_Australia)

- [List of rivers of Australia § South Australia](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Australia#South_Australia)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-slee_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-slee_1-1) Slee, Max (2010). *Inman: first commander of the SA Police*. Adelaide: Seaview Press. pp. 80–84.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bonzle_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bonzle_2-1) ["Map of Inman River, SA"](http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=204339&cmd=sp). *Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia*. Retrieved 25 March 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Cockburn, Rodney (1984). *What’s in a Name?*. Adelaide: Ferguson Publications. p. 106.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Cooper, H. M. (1952). *Australian Aboriginal Words*. Adelaide: [South Australian Museum](/source/South_Australian_Museum).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Manning, Geoffrey H. (1990). *Manning’s Place Names of South Australia*. Adelaide: G. H. Manning. p. 95.

v t e Rivers of South Australia Rivers that flow towards the coast Acraman Broughton Crystal Hill Hutt Rocky Bungala Christies Dry Field Panalatinga Gawler North Para Jacobs South Para Glenelg Hindmarsh Inman Light Gilbert Little Para Myponga Onkaparinga Patawalonga Glen Osmond/Keswick Brown Hill Sturt Pirie–Torrens corridor Port Tod Torrens Wakefield Eyre Rivers of the Murray–Darling basin Angas Bremer Burra Currency Finniss Marne Murray Rivers of the Lake Eyre basin Alberga Cooper Diamantina Finke Frome Neales Strzelecki Warburton Eyre Kallakoopah Officer Macumba Rivers of Kangaroo Island Cygnet De Mole Eleanor Harriet Middle Rocky Stun Sail Boom Willson Rivers flowing into Lake Torrens Willochra Creek Calabrinda Creek Kanyaka Creek Wirreanda Creek

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