Burke River (Queensland)

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]

Burke River
Boating on the Bourke River at Boulia, Queensland, ca.1906
Location
CountryAustralia
StateQueensland
RegionCentral West Queensland
CityBoulia
Physical characteristics
SourceStandish Ranges
Mouthconfluence with Eyre Creek
Basin features
River systemGeorgina River, Lake Eyre basin

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]

See also

References
  1. "History". Diamantina Shire Council. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  2. Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "Image Information". Earth from Space. NASA. Archived from the original on 3 April 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  3. "Flood Warning System For The Georgina River & Eyre Creek". Bureau of Meteroology. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  4. This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Yulluna". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 28 January 2020.


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