The Irwin River is a 140 km long river in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It was named on 9 April 1839 by the explorer George Grey, while on his second disastrous exploration expedition along the Western Australian coast. Grey named the river after his friend Major Frederick Irwin, the Commandant of the Swan River settlement.
The headwaters of the Irwin are located below Canna near Pindar. The river flows west until discharging into Arurine Bay near Dongara.
The river passes through the Coalseam Conservation Park to the north of Mingenew which has a mixed geology of siltstones, claystones and sandstones that form stripes in the cliff faces formed by the river.
The river has four tributaries: Lockier River, Sand Plain Creek, Nangetty Creek and Mullewa Creek.
