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{{Short description|River in Victoria, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox river
| name               = Surry
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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the Surry River [[Mouth (river)|mouth]]<br>in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
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| subdivision_type1  = Country
| subdivision_name1  = [[Australia]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[States and territories of Australia|State]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
| subdivision_type3  = Region
| subdivision_name3  = [[Victorian Midlands]] ([[Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia|IBRA]]), [[Western District (Victoria)|Western District]]
| subdivision_type4  = [[Local government in Australia|Local government area]]
| subdivision_name4  = [[Glenelg Shire]]
| subdivision_type5  = Town
| subdivision_name5  = {{VICcity|Narrawong}}
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| source1            = Mount Kincaid
| source1_location   = north of {{VICcity|Glenferrie}}
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|38|9|25|S|141|21|53|E|display=inline}}
| source1_elevation  = {{convert|146|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth              = [[Portland Bay]], [[Southern Ocean]]
| mouth_location     = {{VICcity|Narrawong}}
| mouth_coordinates  = {{coord|38|15|37|S|141|41|57|E|display=inline,title}}
| mouth_elevation    = {{convert|0|m|abbr=on}}
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| river_system       = [[Glenelg River (Victoria)|Glenelg]] [[Hopkins River|Hopkins]] catchment
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| tributaries_right  = Mount Kincaid Creek
| custom_label       = [[National park]]
| custom_data        = Cobboboonee Forest Park
| extra              = <ref name=bonzle>{{cite web|url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=201159&cmd=sp|title=Map of Surry River, VIC|work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia|access-date=21 June 2014}}</ref>
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The '''Surry River''',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gazette.vic.gov.au/gazette/Gazettes2020/GG2020G027.pdf |title=Victorian Government Gazette No. G 27 Thursday 9 July 2020|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=9 July 2020 |publisher=Victorian Government|access-date=19 October 2020|format=PDF}}</ref> sometimes incorrectly spelled as the '''Surrey River''', a [[perennial river]] of the [[Glenelg River (Victoria)|Glenelg]] [[Hopkins River|Hopkins]] catchment, is located in the [[Western District (Victoria)|Western District]] of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]].

==Location and features==
The Surry River rises on the northern slopes of Mount Kincaid, north of {{VICcity|Glenferrie}} and flows generally east through the extensive Cobboboonee Forest Park, joined by one minor tributary before reaching its [[mouth (river)|mouth]] and emptying into [[Portland Bay]] of the [[Southern Ocean]] at {{VICcity|Narrawong}}. The river descends {{convert|146|m}} over its {{convert|46|km|adj=on}} [[watercourse|course]].<ref name=bonzle/>

The river is traversed by the [[Henty Highway]] north of {{VICcity|Heathmere}} and the [[Princes Highway#Victoria|Princes Highway]] near Narrawong.<ref name=bonzle/>

==Etymology==
The river was named by [[Thomas Mitchell (explorer)|Thomas Mitchell]] on accepting the suggestion of the [[Henty Brothers]].<ref name=mitchell>{{cite web| last = Mitchell  | first = Thomas|author-link=Thomas Mitchell (explorer)|title=Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia|place=London|publisher=Boone|year=1838|volume=Vol 2|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13033 }}</ref><ref name=bird>{{cite web|last=Bird|first=Eric|date=12 October 2006|title=Place Names on the Coast of Victoria|publisher=Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS)|url=http://www.anps.org.au/documents/VIC_coastal.pdf|format=PDF|access-date=10 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218121208/http://www.anps.org.au/documents/VIC_coastal.pdf|archive-date=18 February 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[List of rivers in Australia#Victoria|List of rivers in Victoria]]

==References==
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{{Rivers of the Glenelg Hopkins catchment}}
{{Rivers of Victoria}}

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[[Category:Glenelg Hopkins catchment]]
[[Category:Rivers of Barwon South West (region)]]
[[Category:Western District (Victoria)]]

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