Brunswick River (Western Australia)

Brunswick River
Location
Country	Australia
Physical characteristics
Source
• elevation	223 metres (732 ft) [1]
Mouth
• location	Collie River
• coordinates	33°17′27″S115°43′37″E / 33.29083°S 115.72694°E / -33.29083; 115.72694
• elevation	sea level
Length	48 kilometres (30 mi) [2]

Brunswick River is a river in the South West region of Western Australia.

The river rises in the Darling Range then flows south-west discharging into the Collie River near Australind.

The river was named in 1830 by Lieutenant-Governor James Stirling after Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, the fifth son and eighth child of George III. Over a period of five days in December 1813, while in command of HMS Brazen, Captain Stirling took the duke and his entourage to Wijk aan Zee in Holland. ^{[3] : 27}

The Brunswick has six tributaries: Wellesley River, Ernest River, Elvira Gully, Augustus River, Frederic River and Lunenburgh River.

References

1. "Bonzle Digital Atlas - Map of Brunswick River, WA". 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
2. "History of river names – B". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
3. Statham Drew, Pamela (2003). James Stirling: Admiral and Founding Governor of Western Australia. Crawley: UWA Publishing. ISBN   978-1-876268-94-7. LCCN   2003464253. OL   3760974M. Wikidata   Q136431983.