Elvire River is a river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 in the Kimberley region of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

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The river rises North of Halls Creek

Halls Creek, Western Australia

Halls Creek is a small town situated in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is located between the towns of Fitzroy Crossing and Turkey Creek on the Great Northern Highway...

 below Mount Barrett and it flows in an easterly direction before turning north and discharging into the Panton River

Panton River

Panton River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.The river rises below Alice Hill and it flows in an easterly direction before discharging into the Ord River on the southern edge of Purnululu National Park....

 which is, in turn, a tributary of the Ord River

Ord River

The Ord River is a 320-kilometre-long river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It was named in honour of Harry Ord, Governor of Western Australia from 1877 to 1880....

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The first Europe

Europe

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an to see Elvire river was the surveyor

Surveying

See Also: Public Land Survey SystemSurveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them...

, Harry Johnston

Harry Johnston (surveyor)

Harry Frederick Johnston was Surveyor-General of Western Australia from 1896 to 1915.Harry Johnston was born in 1853, as a grandson of Marshall Clifton. He qualified as a surveyor. In 1884, he led a surveying expedition to the Kimberley region of Western Australia...

, who surveyed the river in 1884. The river is named after Margret Elvire Forrest the wife of then Surveyor General John Forrest

John Forrest

Sir John Forrest GCMG was an Australian explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament....

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The river has ten tributaries

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

 including: Halls Creek, Poverty Gully, Gentle Annie Creek, Black Elvire River, Johnston River

Johnston River

Johnston River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.Johnston River rises on Ruby Plains Station and flows in a northerly direction for 46 km and discharges into Elvire River, of which it is a tributary, in Elvire Gorge located just East of Halls Creek.The first European to...

, Bream Gorge and Mountain Creek.