The headwaters of the river rise in the Durack Range near Yulumbu.

The traditional owners of the area are the Kitja people.

[2] The river was named in 1901 by the surveyor Frederick Brockman.

The river was named after Fremantle shipbuilder and Broome Pearler William Alfred Chamberlain.

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