Barton River (Western Australia)
Appearance
Barton River | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Carson Escarpment |
• elevation | 68 metres (223 ft)[1] |
Mouth | |
• location | Drysdale River |
• elevation | 35 metres (115 ft) |
Length | 27 kilometres (17 mi) |
The Barton River is a river in the Kimberley of Western Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise on the edge of the Carson Escarpment where it meets the Barton plain and flows in a westerly direction until it discharges into the Drysdale River of which it is a tributary.
The traditional owners of the areas around the river are the Miwa people.[2]
The river was named in 1901 by government surveyor Frederick Slade Drake-Brockman, after the first Prime Minister of Australia, Edmund Barton.[3]
References
- ^ "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Barton River". 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- ^ "Ausanthrop - Australian Aboriginal tribal database". 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ "History of river names – B". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2011.