The Adcock River is a

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in the

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region of

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. 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 The Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges (between 1879 and 2020 known as the King Leopold Ranges) are a range of hills in the western Kimberley region of Western Australia. There are two conservation parks within the ranges, the Wunaamin Conservation P ...

and past Mount House, Mount Clifton and Mount Hamilton before merging with the

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near Fitzroy Bluff. The Adcock has three

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: Throssel River, Annie Creek and Walsh Creek.

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named the river in 1898 after Charles and

William Adcock William Eddrup Adcock (31 December 1846 – 18 May 1931) was an Australian journalist and businessman. Adcock was born in London to cigar manufacturer George Charles Adcock and Mary, ''née'' Goodwin. The family moved to Melbourne, then in ...

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: 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." The

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of the areas around the river are the

Nyikina The Nyikina people (also spelt Nyigina and Nyikena, and listed as Njikena by Tindale) are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. They come from the lower Fitzroy River (which they call ''mardoowarra''). ...

people. Fish such as Greenway's grunter, the flathead goby and the false spotted gudgeon have been found within the river system.

References

{{Rivers of Western Australia Rivers of the Kimberley region of Western Australia Fitzroy River (Western Australia)