Brunswick River (Western Australia)

Brunswick River
Basin
Main source	223 metres (732 ft)[1]
River mouth	Collie River sea level
Countries	Australia
Physiognomy
Length	48 kilometres (30 mi)[2]

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

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 I, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg and King of Hanover, the fifth son and eighth child of George III. Over a period of 5 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. "Bonzle Digital Atlas - Map of Brunswick River, WA". 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
2. Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of river names". Archived from the original on 2015-02-16. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
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.

Coordinates: 33°17′27″S 115°43′37″E / 33.29083°S 115.72694°E