Mitchell River (Western Australia)
The river rises north east of Sharp Hill and flows in a north-westerly direction until discharging into the Indian Ocean via Walmsley Bay near Port Warrender.The best known feature of the river is Mitchell Falls located within the Mitchell River National Park, a three tiered series of drops with a combined height of nearly 80 metres (260Â ft).In 1921 the river was named after Sir James Mitchell the Premier of Western Australia by surveyor William Eastman.[4] Nine species of freshwater fish are known to inhabit the waters of the Mitchell River.This article related to a river in Western Australia is a stub.