The Crystal Brook is an
ephemeral
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stream located in the
Mid North
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region of the Australian state of
South Australia
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.
Course and features
The stream was named in 1839 by the explorer
Edward John Eyre
Edward John Eyre (5 August 181530 November 1901) was an English land explorer of the Australian continent, colonial administrator, and Governor of Jamaica.
Early life
Eyre was born in Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, shortly before his family moved t ...
for its clear water.
Eyre is recorded as saying that it ''"so forcibly reminded me of the beautiful bubbling brooks at home ''(England)'' that I at once named it the Chrystal Brook"''.
In most of its length it is normally a dry creek; it rises in the Wirrabara Forest area and is one of the major tributaries to the
Broughton River, which it joins about from the latter's mouth. At
Bowman Park there is a permanent
spring
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Common uses
* Spring (season)
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, and this is probably the 'Crystal' water that Eyre was referring to when he named the stream. The brook only flows for its whole length following exceptional rains or a wetter than usual winter or spring.
See also
*
List of rivers of South Australia
References
Rivers of South Australia
Mid North (South Australia)
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