The Charnley River is a river in the
Kimberley
Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to:
Places and historical events
Australia
Queensland
* Kimberley, Queensland, a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas
South Australia
* County of Kimberley, a cadastral unit in South Australia
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region of
Western Australia
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.
The river has its headwaters situated below Rocky Mountain in the Caroline Ranges and flows eastward across the Gardner Plateau and discharges into the
Indian Ocean
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via
Walcott Inlet
Walcott Inlet is an estuary located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It flows into Collier Bay, in the Indian Ocean, via a narrow gap known as Yule Entrance.
The inlet was named on 19 June 1865 by Trevarton Charles Sholl after St ...
.
There are seven
tributaries
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ('' main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which the ...
of the Charnley River: Pearson River, Maurice Creek, Synnot Creek, Kalumba Creek, Bayonet Creek, Maudie Creek and Kaangulman Creek.
The
Calder River also flows into Walcott Inlet.
Frank Hann
Frank Hugh Hann (19 October 184521 August 1921) was an Australian pastoralist and explorer.
Early life
Hann was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Hann. Fellow explorer William Hann was his older brother. They were born in Wiltshire, England ...
named the Charnley river in 1898 after the pastoralist and miner Walter Chearnley from
Nullagine, whose name was misspelled when Hann recorded the name in his diary.
References
Rivers of the Kimberley region of Western Australia
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