In 1830 he investigated Peel estate and reported that the estate's manager, Thomas Peel, was incompetent, which led to government assistance for the settlers.
The binomial commemorates the Scottish naturalist Alexander Collie.
The river was first encountered by Dr Alexander Collie and Lieutenant William Preston in an expedition in November 1829.
Explorers Dr Alexander Collie and Lieutenant William Preston RN first came across what are now Lakes Preston and Clifton while exploring the coastline between Mandurah and Bunbury in 1829.
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