Frankland River (Western Australia)
[4] The traditional owners of the area are the Menang Noongar people, who know the river as Kwakoorillup, meaning "place of quokka".[5] Mt Frankland was given its modern name in December 1829 by naval ship's surgeon Thomas Braidwood Wilson after the Surveyor General of Van Diemen's Land George Frankland.Wilson explored the area in company with the Noongar Mokare from King George Sound, John Kent (officer in charge of the Commissariat at Frederick Town, King George Sound), two convicts and Private William Gough of the 39th Regiment, while his ship Governor Phillip was being repaired at King George Sound.85% of the Frankland River's catchment, mostly about the 800 millimetres (31Â in) rainfall isohyet, is cleared for agriculture.[9] Salinity has increased in the river system with average values of 2 parts per thousand in the 1970s to 1980s to 30 ppt since 2000.