Flinders Street, Melbourne Flinders Street, Melbourne Flinders Street is a notable street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Running roughly parallel to the Yarra River, Flinders Street forms the southern edge of the Hoddle Grid. It is exactly 1 mi (1.609 km) in length and one and a half chains (99 ft, 30 m) in width. It is named for the explorer Matthew Flinders, erroneously credited with discovering Port Phillip at the time of its naming. It extends eastwards as far as Spring Street and the Treasury Gardens and westwards past Batman's Hill to the Melbourne Docklands. As the closest street to the river, Flinders
Negri River (Australia) last week. I have named this river the Negri, after Commander Christopher Negri of Turin. In all probability it joins the one we have just left ; so, after crossing it, we turned Northwards, hoping again to come upon the larger stream. Many parts of the river's catchment suffered erosion and become degraded due to overgrazing in the first half of the 20th century. The increased sediment load posed a long-term threat to the Ord River Dam that required a regeneration project which began in 1960. Negri River (Australia) The Negri River is a river in Australia. It flows from