Boobera Lagoon

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Boobera Lagoon is a permanent water hole in Moree Plains Shire, New South Wales, Australia,{{NSW GNR|id=KWckjzrX|title=Boobera Lagoon|accessdate=26 February 2016}} approximately 20 kilometres west of Goondiwindi in Queensland. It is located at {{coord|28.63|S|150.15|E|type:waterbody_region:AU}}. It lies several kilometres south of the Macintyre River, which forms the border between Queensland (to the north) and New South Wales, and is just north of the Mungindi - Goondiwindi road. Its outflow, which connects to the river, is named Boobera Watercourse.

The lagoon is 7 kilometres in length and supports a wide variety of aquatic and bird life.

The Indigenous people of the area believe the lagoon is the resting place of Garriya,{{cite web

|title=Bunyips, Aboriginal Stories

|url=http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/bunyips/html-site/abor-stories/garriya.html

|accessdate=2006-03-27

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the Rainbow Serpent,{{Cite web|title=Native Title Report 2000: Chapter 4: Indigenous heritage {{!}} Australian Human Rights Commission|url=https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/native-title-report-2000-chapter-4-indigenous-heritage#ch4.100|website=humanrights.gov.au|access-date=2020-05-26}} an important figure in dreamtime legend. The lagoon was particularly significant to the Bigambul and Kamilaroi people,Hal Wootten, A.C. Q.C., Report to Minister for Aboriginal Affairs re Boobera Lagoon, April 1996. who held the third stage of their joint male initiation ceremonies at this site.

Today Boobera Lagoon is recognised as a culturally significant site and motorised water sport is prohibited on the Lagoon.Quiggin, Robynne "Boobera Lagoon" 5(6) Indigenous Law Bulletin 4 (2001). http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IndigLawB/2001/9.html#fn19