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The '''Adcock River''' is a [[river]] in the [[Kimberley (Western Australia)|Kimberley]] of [[Western Australia]].
The Adcock has three [[tributary|tributaries]]; Throssel river, Annie Creek and Walsh Creek.
The first European to discover the river was [[Frank Hann]] in 1898, who named the river after Charles and William Adcock of [[Derby, Western Australia|Derby]]. The brothers has resupplied Hann with excellent rations for which he was exceeding grateful.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+river+names+-+A|title=Landgate river histories}}</ref>
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