Derwent, the principal river of Tasmania, issues from Lake St Clair, in the centre of the island; flows tortuously to the south-east; and enters Storm Bay at Hobart by an estuary 4 miles wide, after a course of about 130 miles. Up to Hobart the Derwent is navigable for ships of any burden.
Derwent
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 771
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