Palmer River (Mitchell River)

Palmer River
Gold dredger on the Palmer River
Data
location	Queensland ( Australia )
River system	Mitchell River
Drain over	Mitchell River  → Gulf of Carpentaria
confluence	Sussex Range in the Atherton Tablelands ( Great Dividing Range ) 16 ° 5 ′ 50 ″  S , 144 ° 45 ′ 55 ″  E
Source height	429  m
muzzle	Mitchell River west of Drumduff coordinates: 16 ° 5 '11 "  S , 144 ° 18' 16"  O 16 ° 5 '11 "  S , 144 ° 18' 16"  O
Mouth height	63  m
Height difference	366 m
Bottom slope	1.1 ‰
length	327 km
Catchment area	8335 km²
Left tributaries	Campbell Creek, Blackfellow Creek, Doughboy Creek, South Palmer River , Granite Creek, Sandy Creek, Terrible Creek, Burnell Creek, Twelve Mile Creek, Fox Creek, Arkara Creek, Aralba Creek, Fish Creek, Telephone Creek, Jimmys Creek
Right tributaries	Prospect Creek, Spear Creek, Little Palmer River , North Palmer River , Cradle Creek, Fish Creek, Fernhill Creek, Station Creek, Big Creek, Stewart Creek, Terrible Creek, King River , Eliza Creek, Yellow Creek
Small towns	Palmer River Roadhouse, Maytown
Communities	Palmerville, Frome Outstation, King Junction, Strathleven, Drumduff

The Palmer River is a river in the north of the Australian state of Queensland . It is located in the Far North Queensland region .

geography

River course

The river arises about 100 km south-southwest of Cooktown in the Sussex Range in the Atherton Tablelands , which are part of the Great Dividing Range , from the source streams Prospect Creek and Campbell Creek . From there it flows west, crosses under the Mulligan Highway at the Palmer River Roadhouse and crosses the Palmer River Goldfields Resources Reserve . Then he continues his way through sparsely populated area. Approx. 30 km west of the settlement Drumduff it flows into the Mitchell River .

Tributaries with mouth heights

• Prospect Creek - 429 m
• Campbell Creek - 429 m
• Spear Creek - 402 m
• Blackfellow Creek - 387 m
• Little Palmer River - 370 m
• Doughboy Creek - 366 m
• South Palmer River - 350 m
• Granite Creek - 325 m
• North Palmer River - 224 m
• Cradle Creek - 209 m
• Sandy Creek - 208 m
• Fish Creek - 201 m
• Fernhill Creek - 176 m
• Terrible Creek - 176 m
• Station Creek - 171 m
• Burnell Creek - 167 m
• Big Creek - 159 m
• Twelve Mile Creek -155 m
• Fox Creek - 153 m
• Stewart Creek - 148 m
• Arkara Creek - 137 m
• Terrible Creek - 135 m
• Aralba Creek - 129 m
• King River - 120 m
• Eliza Creek - 117 m
• Fish Creek - 105 m
• Telephone Creek - 85 m
• Yellow Creek - 79 m
• Jimmy's Creek - 66 m

Gold fields on the Palmer River

In the 19th century, a gold rush took place on the upper reaches of the Palmer River , which began in 1872. Most of the alluvial gold has now been picked up, but there are still some deeper mines in the area today. The most important settlement in the gold fields was Maytown .

There were many Chinese among the miners , mainly from Guangdong Province in southern China. There were also various confrontations between the settlers and the Aborigines of the area. B. at Battle Camp .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Map of Palmer River, QLD . Bonzle.com
2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 13