It is presumed to have been named by Governor James Stirling after Rear Admiral Sir John Harvey, who in 1818 was Commander in Chief of the West Indies Station while Stirling had served in that region.
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The river was first encountered by Dr Alexander Collie and Lieutenant William Preston in an expedition in November 1829.
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