Burke River (Queensland) Explained

Burke River
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Australia
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Queensland
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Central West Queensland
Subdivision Type5:City
Subdivision Name5:Boulia
Source1:Standish Ranges
Mouth:confluence with Eyre Creek
River System:Georgina River, Lake Eyre basin

The Burke River is an ephemeral river in Central West Queensland, Australia. The river was named in memory of Robert O'Hara Burke of the Burke and Wills expedition.[1]

The Burke River rises in the Standish Range north of Boulia. It flows south through Boulia towards the Simpson Desert in the Lake Eyre Basin.[2] The river flows into Eyre Creek, a tributary of the Georgina River. The Hamilton River is the second major Queensland river that flows into the Georgina downstream from the confluence with the Burke.[3]

Yulluna (also known as Yalarnga, Yalarrnga, Jalanga, Jalannga, Wonganja, Gunggalida, Jokula) is an Australian Aboriginal language. The Yulluna language region includes the local government boundaries of the Shire of Cloncurry and other areas near the Gulf of Carpentaria including the area around the Burke River.[4]

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-22.8131°N 140.0184°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: History . 28 August 2009 . . dead . https://archive.today/20120805054930/http://www.diamantina.qld.gov.au/web/guest/history . 5 August 2012 .
  2. Web site: Image Information . Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center . 28 August 2009 . Earth from Space . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110403130300/http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/photoinfo.pl?PHOTO=STS051-101-52 . 3 April 2011 .
  3. Web site: Flood Warning System For The Georgina River & Eyre Creek . 2 September 2009. Bureau of Meteroology .
  4. Yulluna. Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. 28 January 2020.