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Alice River (Barcoo River tributary)

River in Queensland, Australia

Summary

River in Queensland, Australia

Field	Value
name	Alice River
image	Alice River QLD.JPG
image_size	300 px
image_caption	Alice River, near the Landsborough Highway
map	Lake eyre basin map.png
map_caption	Map of the Lake Eyre Basin showing Barcoo River
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Australia
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Queensland
length	303 km
source1	Great Dividing Range
source1_location	east of Aramac, Central Queensland
mouth	confluence with the Barcoo River
mouth_location	north-east of Isisford
mouth_elevation	225 m
river_system	Barcoo River, Lake Eyre basin

The Alice River in central Queensland, Australia rises on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range. The river bisects the Shire of Barcaldine, flowing in a south-westerly direction towards Isisford and its confluence with the Barcoo River. The town of Barcaldine is located on the Alice River. The Alice River's tributaries include Jordan Creek and Lagoon Creek. The Alice River is often dry, except after the annual summer rains.

The Barcoo River forms the boundary of outback Australia with little in the way of civilization west of the Barcoo. Waters from the Barcoo and Alice Rivers flow towards Lake Eyre in Central Australia, while rivers further east join the Murray-Darling basin and reach the sea in South Australia.

History

The traditional owners of the area are the Iningai people. Iningai (also known as Yiningay, Muttaburra, Tateburra, Yinangay, Yinangi) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Iningai people. The Iningai language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Longreach Region and Barcaldine Region, particularly the towns of Longreach, Barcaldine, Muttaburra and Aramac as well as the properties of Bowen Downs and catchments of Cornish Creek and Alice River.

In 1846, Thomas Mitchell became the first European to see the Barcoo and Alice Rivers. The Alice River was named by Mitchell and Mitchell's name was adopted for the pastoral district and for its grass, Mitchell grass.{{cite encyclopedia In October 1863, Donald Cameron, his son John, together with James and William Crombie walked sheep from the New England district of New South Wales and grazed them along a 40-mile frontage of the Alice River. They named their property Barcaldine after a family farm in Scotland.

In 1891 the Alice River had a record flood that stopped traffic for a week. On 20 March 1910 the Alice River flooded all the low-lying country and the railway line was blocked.

References

"Iningai".
"BARCALDINE HISTORY". SunZine.
"QUEENSLAND FLOOD SUMMARY 1910 - 1919". Commonwealth of Australia.

Wikipedia Source

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