Barwon River (New South Wales)
Barwon River in Collarenebri
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The Barwon River is a river in the Australian state of New South Wales and a swelling flow of the Darling River. The name is derived from the Aboriginal word for " wide river ".
He goes north-east of Mungindi from the floodplain of the Macintyre River and the Border Rivers system out. East of Werraweena he unites with the Culgoa River to the Darling River.
Tributaries of the Barwon River are the Moonie River, the Bokhara River - in the floodplain of the Balonne River arising - the Mehi River - arising in the floodplain of the Gwydir River - and the Namoi River.
The main towns on the Barwon River are Mungindi, Collarenebri, Walgett and Brewarrina.
History
1846 pointed Roderick Mitchell, Commissioner of Crown Lands and son of the discoverer of Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, after that it is the Barwon River and the Macintyre River acted basically the same flow with different names.
In the years 1880-1912 perverted line steamships between Bourke ( Darling River) and Walgett. During major floods in 1879 and 1886, the ships could go up the river to Collarenebri and 1890 even up Mungindi.
The Aborigines built thousands of years, Brewarinna fish traps at Barwin River in the present town of Brewarrina on. These traps are large and partially preserved. They provide a good example of this type dar. of prehistoric fishing methods The traps were made of rocks and stones, and placed in the riverbed, so that they formed a series of canals and stone circles. The fish traps, extending over a distance of 500 m in Brewarrina, have now been added to the Australian monument list, otherwise such termination systems are only rarely preserved. For today's Aborigines are significant and are still used today. Above and below Collarenebri there are rocky rapids and weirs for land irrigation, makes impossible the use of the river for boats and ships.
1888 Drawbridge in Brewarrina in the course of the Kamilaroi Highway ( Quirindi - Bourke ) over the Barwon River was built. Also, it is of historical interest. The Boonanga Bridge, which was built in 1928 north of the Barwon River about Boomi, is an early example of an Allan - road suspension bridge made of wood.