Angelo River

River in Western Australia

Angelo River
Location
Country	Australia
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Ophthalmia Range
• elevation	922 metres (3,025 ft)^[1]

Mouth
• location	Ashburton River
• elevation	297 metres (974 ft)
Length	202 kilometres (126 mi)

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

The river rises in the hills to the western side of the Ophthalmia Range and flows in a southerly direction before veering east near Kundering Range and past the Angelo River Mine and Angelo River prospect, a uranium deposit,^[2] then finally discharging into the Ashburton River.

The river has six tributaries, including Indabiddy Creek, Bukardi Creek and Kennedy Creek.

The river was named in 1887 by Robert McPhee, who was prospecting the area at the time. He named the river after Colonel Fox Angelo, who was the government resident in Roebourne and later became the Superintendent of Rottnest Island.^[3]

Aboriginal Australians, the Ngarlawongga and Banjima peoples, have dreamtime songs involving the origin of the black river goanna, which is believed to have been created in the river. Likewise the black-headed python is believed to have been created in Indabiddy Creek.^[4]

References

^ "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Angelo River". 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
^ "Miscellaneous Uranium Prospects in Western Australia". 2008. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
^ "History of river names – A". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
^ "Water Department of WA - We used to get our water free" (PDF). 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2010.