Barton_River_(Western_Australia)

Barton River (Western Australia)

Barton River (Western Australia)

River in Western Australia

The Barton River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

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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

  1. [1]
    "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Barton River". 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
  2. [2]
    "Ausanthrop - Australian Aboriginal tribal database". 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  3. [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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