Adcock River

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

Adcock River
Location
CountryAustralia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPhilips Range
 • elevation528 metres (1,732 ft)[1]
Mouth 
 • location
Fitzroy River
 • elevation
181 metres (594 ft)
Length118 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 King Leopold Range 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.


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