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GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT | |
23rd February 2019 | |
Reference: | 63098 |
Placename: | Warrego River |
Designation: | River |
Status: | Assigned 5th December 1980 |
LGA: | Bourke |
Approx. AGD66 Lat: | -30 00 00 |
Approx. AGD66 Long: | 145 23 00 |
Approx. GDA94 Lat: | -29 59 54 |
Approx. GDA94 Long: | 145 23 04 |
Topographic Map: | Toorale |
1:100000 Map: | Toorale 7937 |
County: | Barrona |
Description: | A river about 770 km long. It rises in Queensland S of Mount Ka Ka Mundi and flows generally S into the Darling River. |
Meaning: | May come from Bidyara Aboriginal term for 'bad'. (Appleton; 1992). |
Origin: | Aboriginal. Named from Aboriginal sources by Thomas Mitchell in 1846. |
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