Fraser River (Western Australia)

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

Fraser River
Location
Country	Australia
Physical characteristics
Source
• elevation	138 metres (453 ft)[1]
Mouth
• location	King Sound
• elevation	sea level
Length	70 kilometres (43 mi)[2]
Basin size	2,752 km^2 (1,063 sq mi)[3]

The river rises northwest of Mount Jowlaenger and flows in an easterly direction passing through some permanent pools such as Ungalete Pool and Lowangun Pool before discharging into King Sound.

The only tributary of the Fraser is Bungarragut Creek.

The explorer Alexander Forrest visited the river in 1879. Forrest named the river after Malcolm Fraser, who was the Commissioner of Crown Lands at the time.

The traditional owners of the areas around the river are the Warrwa.[4]

References

1. "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Fraser River". 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
2. Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of river names – F". Retrieved 4 September 2011.
3. "Modelled seabed response to possible climate change scenarios over the next 50 years in the Australian Northwest" (PDF). CSIRO. 1 March 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
4. "AusAnthrop Australian Aboriginal tribal database". 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.