Barton River (Western Australia)

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

Barton River
Location
Country	Australia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Carson Escarpment
• elevation	68 metres (223 ft)[1]
Mouth
• location	Drysdale River
• elevation	35 metres (115 ft)
Length	27 kilometres (17 mi)

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. "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. Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of river names – B". Retrieved 3 September 2011.