Adcock River

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

Adcock River
Location
Country	Australia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Philips Range
• elevation	528 metres (1,732 ft)[1]
Mouth
• location	Fitzroy River
• elevation	181 metres (594 ft)
Length	118 kilometres (73 mi)

The headwaters of the river rise in the Philips Range near Qodesh then flow in a south-easterly direction parallel with the Wunaamin-Miliwundi_Ranges and past Mount House, Mount Clifton and Mount Hamilton before merging with the Fitzroy River near Fitzroy Bluff.

The Adcock has three tributaries: Throssel River, Annie Creek and Walsh Creek.

Frank Hann named the river in 1898 after Charles and William Adcock of Derby: Hann explained: "Messrs Adcock Bros of Derby were very kind to me and provided exceedingly reasonable in the important matter of a supply of rations."[2]

The traditional owners of the areas around the river are the Nyikina peoples.[3]

Fish such as Greenway's grunter, the Flathead Goby and the False spotted gudgeon have been found within the river system.[4]

References

1. "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Adcock River". 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
2. Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of river names – A". Retrieved 1 September 2011.
3. "Ausanthrop - Australian Aboriginal tribal database". 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
4. "National River Trust - Inland fish fauna of the Fitzroy river" (PDF). 2002. Retrieved 15 September 2010.