The Gairdner River is located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The river is located in the west Kimberley, and is a 42 km long tributary of the Glenelg River.
The river has two main tributaries - Fish River and Dunedale Creek.
The Gairdner River was named in 1838 by Lieutenants George Grey and Franklin Lushington, on Grey's first disastrous exploratory expedition along the Western Australian coast.[1][2]
^"Arts and Sciences - Royal Geographical Society". The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc (1139): 731–732. 17 November 1838.