10-463: Nicholson River may refer to: Nicholson River (Queensland) Nicholson River (Victoria) Nicholson River (Western Australia) See also [ edit ] Nicholson (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
20-590: Is a river in the Northern Territory and the state of Queensland , Australia. The Aboriginal mission at Doomadgee was also historically referred to as located on Nicholson River in some sources. The headwaters of the river rise at the western end of China Wall on the Barkly Tableland , in the Northern Territory and head in a south easterly direction. The river then heads due east and crosses
30-543: Is called Ganalanga is the Waanyi language (also known as Wanyi , Wanyee , Wanee , Waangyee , Wonyee , Garawa , and Wanji) , an Australian Aboriginal language of the Gulf Country . The language region includes the western parts of Lawn Hill Creek and Nicholson River, from about the boundary between the Northern Territory and Queensland, westwards towards Alexandria Station , Doomadgee , and Nicholson River. It includes
40-611: The Gulf of Carpentaria . The ephemeral Nicholson has a length of approximately 390 kilometres (242 mi). The drainage basin of the river occupies an area of 53,200 square kilometres (20,541 sq mi) of which an area of 15,733 square kilometres (6,075 sq mi) is in the Northern Territory and the rest in Queensland. The watershed is wedged between the watersheds for the Robinson River and Settlement Creek watersheds to
50-674: The border into the northwest region of Queensland near Nudjabarra across mostly uninhabited plains. It continues east across the Shadforth Plain and past the Aboriginal community of Doomadgee . The river then veers north near the Tiranna Roadhouse across Hann Crossing and past Escott, just west of Burketown where it is joined by its main tributary the Gregory River . The river continues north and later discharges into Pasco Inlet and
60-433: The catchment, leading to record flooding. At Doomadgee the river rose to 8 metres, eclipsing the 1971 record. Waanyi language Waanyi , also spelt Wanyi , Wanji or Waanji , is an endangered Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Waanyi people of the lower gulf area of Northern Queensland , Australia. Although earlier thought to be extinct , as of the 2016 Australian census there were 16 speakers of
70-416: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicholson_River&oldid=933016874 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nicholson River (Queensland) The Nicholson River
80-551: The local government area of the Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee . The explorer, Ludwig Leichhardt , passed through the area during his 1845 overland expedition from Moreton Bay in Queensland to Port Essington in the Northern Territory. Leichhardt named the river for Dr William Alleyne Nicholson, of Bristol in England . In his diary Leichhardt wrote that Nicholson's "generous friendship had not only enabled me to devote my time to
90-597: The north, the Barkly River catchment to the south and the Leichhardt River catchment to the east. The river had a mean annual discharge of 2,237 gigalitres (4.92 × 10 imp gal; 5.91 × 10 US gal). The traditional owners of the area are the Yukulta / Ganggalidda Waanyi , Maga-Kutana , Wakabunga , Nguburinji and Mingin peoples who have inhabited the region for thousands of years. The river
100-536: The study of the natural sciences, but to come out to Australia...". The river is often inundated by heavy rainfall following cyclones that cross the catchment from either the Coral Sea or from the Gulf of Carpentaria. Record flood events occurred in 1971 through the catchment with lesser floods in 2000, 2004 and 2009 all of which led to road closures in the area. On 7-9 March 2023 up to 500mm of rain fell in 48 hours across
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