Brunswick_River_(Western_Australia)

Brunswick River (Western Australia)

Brunswick River (Western Australia)

River in Western Australia

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

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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 H. M. Sloop Brazen, Captain Stirling took the Duke and his entourage to Wijk aan Zee in Holland.[3]

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

References

  1. [1]
    "Bonzle Digital Atlas - Map of Brunswick River, WA". 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  2. [2]
    "History of river names – B". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  3. [3]
    Statham-Drew, Pamela (2003). James Stirling: admiral and founding governor of Western Australia. Crawley, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. p. 27. ISBN 1876268948.

33°17′27″S 115°43′37″E
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