Barton River (Western Australia)

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Barton River
Location
Country Australia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationCarson Escarpment
  elevation68 metres (223 ft) [1]
Mouth  
  location
Drysdale River
  elevation
35 metres (115 ft)
Length27 kilometres (17 mi)

The Barton River is a river in the Kimberley region 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]

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References

  1. "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Barton River". 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
  2. "Ausanthrop - Australian Aboriginal tribal database". 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  3. "History of river names – B". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2011.

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