Bogan River

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| name = Bogan River

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| name_etymology = 1. Aboriginal: the birthplace of a notable headman of the local tribe;{{cite book |title=Reader's Digest Guide to Australian Places |publisher=Reader's Digest (Australia) Pty. Limited |location=Sydney |year=1993 |isbn=978-0-86438-399-0 }}

| image = Bogan River-Nyngan.JPG

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| image_caption = The Bogan River at Nyngan

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| pushpin_map = Australia New South Wales

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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the Bogan River mouth in New South Wales

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| subdivision_name1 = Australia

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = New South Wales

| subdivision_type3 = Region

| subdivision_name3 = Central West, Orana

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| length = {{convert|617|km|mi|abbr=on}}

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| source1 = Little River (Parkes)

| source1_location = Cooks Myalls, near Parkes

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|33|00|30|S|148|02|00|E|display=inline}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|305|m|abbr=on}}

| mouth = Darling River

| mouth_location = Dry Bogan Weir, near Bourke

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|29|58|30|S|146|20|56|E|display=inline,title}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|111|m|abbr=on}}

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| river_system = Macquarie–Barwon sub-catchment,
Darling River catchment,
Murray-Darling basin

| basin_size = {{convert|18000|km2|abbr=on}}

| tributaries_left = Genaren Creek, Sandy Creek, Bulbodney Creek, Little Bogan River

| tributaries_right = Cookopie Creek, Burrill Creek, Gundong Creek, Tomingley Creek, Mulla Mulla Cowal, Moonagee Cowal, Gunningbar Creek, Nyangi Bogan Cowal, Duck Creek, Bywash Billabong, Kellys Cowal

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Bogan River, a perennial river that is part of the Macquarie–Barwon catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the central west and Orana regions of New South Wales, Australia.

From its origin near Parkes, the Bogan River flows for about {{convert|617|km}} in length and flows into the Little Bogan River{{cite web |url=http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=196975&cmd=sp |title=Map of Little Bogan River, NSW |publisher=Bonzle Digital Maps of Australia |access-date=21 October 2012}} to form the Darling River{{fact|date=May 2023}}, near Bourke.{{cite book |editor=Chisholm, Alec H. |title=The Australian Encyclopaedia |volume=2 |page=46 |chapter=Bogan River |publisher=Halstead Press |location=Sydney |year=1963 }}

The name Bogan is supposedly an Australian Aboriginal (Wiradjuri or Ngiyambaa) term meaning 'the birthplace of a notable headman of the local tribe';{{cite news |url=http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/on-the-origin-of-the-bogan-as-a-species/ |title=On the origins of the bogan as a species |author=Cobb, John |author-link=John Cobb (Australian politician) |date=3 June 2009 |work=The Punch |access-date=13 January 2013}} this may be in reference to the Wiradjuri people of the Bulgandramine Aboriginal Mission, whose word for "leader" is “Balgabalgar”. The word is also a Gaelic term meaning bog.{{NSW GNR|id=KWjLvqxO|title=Bogan River|date=10 November 1978|access-date=21 October 2012}}

Geography

From the foothills of the Herveys Range, the Bogan River rises to the west of the headwaters of the Little River at Cooks Myalls, near Goonumbla, {{convert|19|km}} north-west of Parkes. The river flows in a generally north-north-westerly direction past Tottenham, Peak Hill and through Nyngan. East of Bourke, the Bogan River joins with the Little Bogan River to form the Darling River. The Bogan River has over twenty tributaries. The main tributaries to the west are Bullock, Bulbodney, Pangee and Whitbarrow Creeks. The eastern catchment between the Bogan and Macquarie Rivers is ill-defined and has only one major tributary, Mulla Cowal.{{cite book |type = PDF |author1=Green, D. |author2=Petrovic, J. |author3=Moss, P. |author4=Burrell, M. |title=Water resources and management overview: Macquarie-Bogan catchment |work=NSW Office of Water |publisher=Government of New South Wales |location=Sydney |date=March 2011 |isbn=978-1-74263-161-5 }}{{rp|11}} Other sources have claimed that Bugwah Cowal, and Burrill, Duck and Gunningbar Creeks are important tributaries.{{cite web |url=http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=210025&cmd=sp |title=Map of Bogan River, NSW |publisher=Bonzle Digital Maps of Australia |access-date=5 May 2010}}

Unlike the other main rivers of inland New South Wales, the Bogan does not rise in the well-watered highland areas, so its flow is low and erratic and not much use for irrigation.{{cite web |url=http://www.bogan.nsw.gov.au/tourism/attractions |title=Attractions: The Bogan River |publisher=Bogan Shire Council |year=2012 |access-date=21 October 2012}}

Major weirs along the watercourse are at Muddal Weir, located west of Peak Hill; the Nyngan Weir, located north of Nyngan; and Gongolgon Weir,{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/ieo/MacquarieBogan/maplg.htm |title=Macquarie−Bogan River Catchment: Map |work=Office of Environment and Heritage |publisher=Government of New South Wales |access-date=21 October 2012}} where the mean daily flow exceeds {{convert|700|ML}}.{{rp|16}}

The Kamilaroi Highway crosses the Bogan River {{convert|43|km}} east of Bourke.{{cite web |url=https://tenders.nsw.gov.au/rms/?event=public.rft.showArchived&RFTUUID=B78AF946-AF1D-BD1C-33D81E3A27226200 |title=Bogan River Bridge Replacement HW29 |year=2011 |access-date=21 October 2012 |work=NSW eTendering |publisher=Government of New South Wales}}

History

=Aboriginal history=

A number of Aboriginal peoples lived in the lands surrounding the Bogan River for many thousands of years. In the area surrounding Peak Hill, the indigenous inhabitants of the area were the Wiradjuri clan.{{cite web |url=http://www.heritageaustralia.com.au/search.php?state=NSW®ion=102&view=457 |title=Peak Hill |work=Historical Towns Directory |publisher=Heritage Australia Publishing |year=2013 |access-date=13 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304222855/http://www.heritageaustralia.com.au/search.php?state=NSW®ion=102&view=457 |archive-date=4 March 2014 |url-status=dead }} In the area surrounding Nyngan, the Ngiyambaa Aboriginal people were the principal custodians of the land.{{cite web |url=http://www.heritageaustralia.com.au/search.php?state=NSW®ion=104&view=454 |title=Nyngan |work=Historical Towns Directory |publisher=Heritage Australia Publishing |year=2013 |access-date=13 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308013210/http://www.heritageaustralia.com.au/search.php?state=NSW®ion=104&view=454 |archive-date=8 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}

=Late modern history=

The river was crossed by John Oxley in 1817, but was named by Charles Sturt in his 1828-9 expedition as New Years Creek on 1 January 1829. It was also called the Bogan River prior to Major Sir Thomas Mitchell reaching here in 1835.

The Albert Priest Channel was built in 1941 and this assists the water supplies of Nyngan and Cobar with Macquarie River water. It is about 60 km long, extending from Gunningbar Creek near Warren to the Bogan River upstream of Nyngan. A pipeline takes water from Nyngan to Cobar.Trangie Nevertire Irrigation Scheme webpage https://www.tnis.net.au/index.html

In April 1990, major flooding occurred along the river and in Nyngan, and despite a massive effort by local people to build levee walls using sandbags, 2,500 people had to be evacuated from the town.{{cite web |url=http://www.emergency.nsw.gov.au/content.php/624.html |title=1990 Nyngan flood |work=News: Ministry for Police and Emergency Services |publisher=Government of New South Wales |access-date=5 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003040032/http://www.emergency.nsw.gov.au/content.php/624.html |archive-date=3 October 2009 |url-status=dead }} The floods caused A$50 million damage. Other significant flooding of the Bogan River occurred in 1928, 1950, 1989 and other years. In 1989 the significant flooding was downstream of Nyngan.{{cite news |title=The Flood in Bogan River |date=25 February 1928 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16444824 |access-date=21 October 2012 |publisher=Trove: National Library of Australia}} https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/63179773Townsville Daily Bulletin, 30 Nov 1950, p 2

References

External links

[http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/ieo/MacquarieBogan/index.htm Macquarie-Bogan River: NSW Water Quality and River Flow Objectives] at the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. 2006.
[http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/simpleSearch.aspx?authority=place&ID=172242 Images of the Bogan River] at the State Library of New South Wales.
{{cite journal |author1=Muir, G. L. |author2=Johnson, W. D. |year=1978 |title=Chemistry of the Bogan River, New South Wales, with Special Reference to the Sources of Dissolved Material |journal=Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=399–407 |doi=10.1071/MF9780399 }}

Category:Tributaries of the Darling River