Hardey River
Location
CountryAustralia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationTom Price, Western Australia
 • elevation724 metres (2,375 ft)[1]
Mouth 
 • location
Ashburton River
 • elevation
140 metres (459 ft)
Length217 kilometres (135 mi)[2]

The Hardey River is a river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

The headwaters of the river rise at Tom Price in the Hamersley Range and flow in a westerly direction. The river travels almost parallel with the Nanutarra-Wittenoom Road until it discharges into the Ashburton River near Hardey Junction.

The Hardey River has two tributaries; the Beasley River and Hope Creek.

The river was named in 1861 during an expedition by explorer Francis Gregory, after Swan River colonist John Wall Hardey, who was a family friend. Gregory had previously named the nearby Mount Wall after Hardey.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Hardey River". 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  2. ^ "History of river names – H". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Western Australian Names - Their Dates and Origin - Interesting Historical Facts". The Sunday Times (Western Australia). 8 July 1928. p. 32. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

22°43′59″S 116°7′7″E / 22.73306°S 116.11861°E / -22.73306; 116.11861


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