What is Victoria River (Northern Territory)?
[[File:Victoria River.JPG|thumb|Victoria River]] The '''Victoria River''' is in longest river in the [[Northern Territory]] of [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/environment/conservation/pdf/29_victoriagregory.pdf |title=Victoria River middle reaches and Gregory area |accessdate=17 June 2011 |format=PDF |work=Sites of Conservation Significance |archive-date=20 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320181426/http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/environment/conservation/pdf/29_victoriagregory.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> It flows into the [[Timor Sea]]. [[Philip Parker King]] explored the mouth of the river on 12 September 1819.<ref name=VRD>{{cite web |url=http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/vrd.htm |title=Victoria River Downs Station Northern Territory |first= |last= |work=southaustralianhistory.com.au |year=2010 |accessdate=18 June 2011 |archive-date=27 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427185001/http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/vrd.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1839, the crew of [[HMS Beagle]] travelled more than 200 km up the river.<ref name=VRD/> In 1854 the explorer [[Augustus Charles Gregory]] reached the river after crossing the north of Australia from [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]].<ref name=VRD/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Rivers of the Northern Territory]]