Barwon River (Darling River)

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Barwon River
Barwon River in Collarenebri

Barwon River in Collarenebri

Data
location New South Wales , Australia
River system Murray River
Drain over Darling River  → Murray River  → Indian Ocean
Branches in the floodplain northeast of Mungindi (New South Wales - Queensland border)
28 ° 37 ′ 35 ″  S , 149 ° 40 ′ 6 ″  E
Source height 196  m
confluence with the Culgoa River to Darling River Coordinates: 29 ° 57 ′ 29 ″  S , 146 ° 18 ′ 28 ″  E 29 ° 57 ′ 29 ″  S , 146 ° 18 ′ 28 ″  E
Mouth height 110  m
Height difference 86 m
Bottom slope 0.1 ‰
length 889 km
Left tributaries Macintyre River , Momonga Creek, Commillamori Creek, Boomangera Creek, Geary Creek, Boomi River , Black Creek, Gwydir River , Mehi River , Meeki Creek, Grawan Creek, Namoi River , Pagan Creek, Boroka Creek, Yarra Creek, Wanourie Creek, Macquarie River , Briery Anabranch, Tarrion Creek
Right tributaries Callandoon Branch, Booberanna Creek, Middle Creek, Weir River , Little Weir River , Moonie River , Dead Man's Creek, The Big Warrambool, Womat Creek, Canary Lagoon, Kier Lagoon, Marra Creek, Cato Creek, Whiskey Creek, Briery Water, Barwon Channel , Bokhara River
Reservoirs flowed through Pear Paddock Waterhole , Mile Lagoon
Medium-sized cities Mungindi, Walgett , Brewarrina
Small towns Banarway, Collarenebri, Eumanbah, Cara Mia, Boorooma, Yambacoona
Navigable from Walgett

The Barwon River is a river in the Australian state of New South Wales and a headwaters of the Darling River . The name is derived from the Aboriginal word for "wide river".

It emerges from the floodplain of the Macintyre River and the Border Rivers system northeast of Mungindi . East of Werraweena it joins the Culgoa River to form the Darling River.

Tributaries of the Barwon River are the Moonie River , the Bokhara River - arising in the floodplain of the Balonne River - the Mehi River - arising in the flood plain of the Gwydir River - and the Namoi River .

The main towns on the Barwon River are Mungindi , Collarenebri , Walgett and Brewarrina .

history

In 1846, Roderick Mitchell , Commissioner of Crown Lands and son of explorer Thomas Livingstone Mitchell , demonstrated that the Barwon River and the Macintyre River were basically the same river with different names.

In the years 1880 to 1912 liner steamers operated between Bourke (on the Darling River) and Walgett . During the great floods of 1879 and 1886 the ships were able to go up the river to Collarenebri and in 1890 even to Mungindi .

The Aborigines had built the Brewarinna fish traps on the Barwin River in what is now the town of Brewarrina for millennia . These traps are large and still partially preserved. They are a good example of this type of prehistoric trapping method. The traps were built of rocks and stones and placed in the river bed to form a series of channels and stone circles. The fish traps, which extend over a distance of 500 m in Brewarrina, have now been included in the Australian list of monuments , as otherwise such trapping devices are very rarely preserved. They are important to today's Aboriginal people and are still used today. Above and below Collarenebri there are rocky rapids and weirs for land irrigation, which make it impossible for boats and ships to use the river.

In 1888 the drawbridge in Brewarrina was built on the Kamilaroi Highway ( Quirindi -Bourke) over the Barwon River. It is also of historical interest. The Boonanga Bridge , built across the Barwon River north of Boomi in 1928 , is an early example of a wooden Allan road suspension bridge .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Map of Barwon River, NSW . Bonzle.com
  2. ↑ a b Geoscience Australia - Fab Facts, Landforms, Australian Rivers . Ga.gov.au
  3. ↑ a b Readers Digest Guide to Australian Places . Readers Digest (Sydney)
  4. ^ Brewarrina Bridge over Barwon River, The . Rta.nsw.gov.au
  5. ↑ Boonanga Bridge over the Barwon River . Rta.nsw.gov.au