Hardey River | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Tom Price, Western Australia |
• elevation | 724 metres (2,375 ft)[1] |
Mouth | |
• location | Ashburton River |
• elevation | 140 metres (459 ft) |
Length | 217 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]