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18-599: Old Wankumara , spoken along the Bulloo River with the Kalali people , was a 'Karna–Mari fringe' language which died out with the passing of its last speakers in the late 20th century. 'Modern' Wankumara , spoken along the Wilson River , is a Karnic language , which according to Breen (1967) was identical to the speech of other peoples speaking the Wilson River language . The disambiguator 'modern' simply refers to

36-642: Is an isolated drainage system in western Queensland , central Australia. Its floodplain , which extends into northern New South Wales , is an important area for waterbirds when inundated. It comprises most of the Bulloo-Bancannia drainage basin . The Bulloo is the only river in the region not part of either the Murray–Darling basin or the Lake Eyre basin ; instead it flows into several ephemeral lakes which are blocked by low hills from reaching

54-570: Is expected to be a bumper winter grain crop. The flood has seen an increase in the mosquito population with fogging taking place in Charleville, Augathella and Morven . Floodwaters are continuing to head downstream with the town of Goodooga, New South Wales in north western New South Wales cut off by road on 20 March 2010. Rising levels in the Bokhara and Culgoa Rivers have seen the evacuation of Goodooga and Weilmoringle. Wanaaring on

72-756: The Lake Frome , the Paroo River or the Lake Bancannia systems. In its lowest reaches, which extend to near Tibooburra, New South Wales , is the distributary known as Bella Creek. It is believed that in past wet periods the Bulloo has had connections to Lake Frome because its fish fauna resembles that of the Lake Eyre basin rather than that of the Murray–Darling basin. Several tributaries flow into

90-668: The Paroo River has been cut off from Bourke but the town itself was protected by a levee . The flood has increased the amount of water held in the Murray-Darling river systems, allowing South Australia an additional 400 gigalitres of water entitlement. A river expert expects much of the floodwater will reach the Darling River and the Menindee Lakes and then through onto the Murray River . Lake Eyre

108-566: The Warrego River , Balonne River , Bulloo River , Paroo River and the Dawson River . The floods were caused by rainfall generated by a monsoon trough described by a Bureau of Meteorology forecaster as "almost like a tropical cyclone over land". Over the period 1–3 March, rainfall totals of between 100–300 mm (4 to 12 inches) were observed in the area. This water ran into already saturated rivers and creeks in

126-473: The Bulloo in its upper reaches, the largest being Blackwater Creek. Ranges of low hills prevent the lower reaches of the Bulloo from receiving significant tributaries. Hydrologically, the Bulloo is very similar to the Darling River and Cooper Creek . It is usually completely dry except for water holes, but during years of strong monsoonal activity in the summer the Bulloo can flood heavily to discharges of more than 1000 m³/s, and annual flows of up to five times

144-492: The Dynevor station). The first settlers arrived in 1863, and within two decades their population had been reduced substantially to just 90 people. Those surviving moved to Chastleton and NCarcowlah where they mingled with the Kalali . The Wanggumara were divided into hordes , concerning which two names possibly referring to their clans survive: Bulloo River The Bulloo River / ˈ b ʊ l uː / BUUL -oo

162-629: The Queensland Minister for Primary Industries Tim Mulherin as the "worst flood in 120 years" are however expected to provide a billion dollar boost to the local economy, following the "worst drought since Federation " The floods have seen a large increase in the Australian plague locust population and the Australian Plague Locust Commission is concerned the locusts will head south and destroy what

180-467: The area. The floods are estimated to have affected an area of Queensland larger in size than the Australian state of Victoria and thought to have caused hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage to infrastructure such as roads and railways. Losses from cotton crops destroyed at Theodore and the area around St George and Dirranbandi are expected to be significant. The floods, described by

198-601: The average between April and October generally around 115 mm (4.5 inches), though on extremely rare occasions such as 1920-1921 and 1956 the river has had a significant flood during the winter. The basin was flooded in the March 2010 Queensland floods and again in the floods of early 2012. Temperatures in the summer are extreme throughout except during monsoonal activity, with mean maxima around 38 °C (100 °F) in January and minina around 23 °C (74 °F). In

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216-408: The entire basin, located in the river's headwaters. The Bulloo floodplain, with an area of about 9240 km is classified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area . When it floods the site supports several hundred thousand waterbirds , with over 1% of the populations of red-necked avocet , grey teal , Australasian shoveler , Pink-eared duck and freckled duck . It also contains

234-691: The entire population of a subspecies of the grey grasswren . The traditional owners of the area are the Kalili people . Kalili (also known as Galali, Kalali, Kunja, Kurnja, Galili, Kullalli, Ngura) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Kalili people. The Kullili language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Paroo Shire and Bulloo Shire , taking in Eulo and extending west towards Thargomindah taking in

252-489: The fact that the Wanggumara people continued speaking that language more recently than the other. According to Norman Tindale , the Wanggumara lands covered some 4,500 square miles (12,000 km), stretching over Cooper Creek east of Nappa Merrie and Orientos to the area around the ephemeral Wilson River at Nockatunga . Writing in 1886, F. W. Myles described their neighbouring tribes as follows: The names of

270-408: The mean. In dry years annual rainfall can be as low as 100mm (4 inches) throughout the basin and years of zero runoff are not unknown. Annual rainfall throughout the basin ranges from 330 mm (13 inches) in the north to 200 mm (8 inches) in the south, with the northward increase being due to higher falls in the summer. In the winter, rainfall is rare throughout the basin, with

288-480: The properties of Bulloo Downs and Currawinya. 28°43′S 142°30′E  /  28.717°S 142.500°E  / -28.717; 142.500 March 2010 Queensland floods Heavy rain in March 2010 saw much of south western and central Queensland undergo major flooding. The floods saw inundation of the towns of Charleville , Roma , St George and Theodore among others. Major rivers affected include

306-1096: The tribes which adjoin the Wonkomarra are, to the south, the Poidgerry (on the Currowinya Downs station) and the Bitharra (on the Bulloo Downs station); to the west, the Thiralla (on the Nockatoongo station) and Eromarra (on the Conbar station); to the north, the Bunthomarra (on the Mount Margaret station) and the Murgoin (on the Ardock station); and on the east by the same tribe (on

324-444: The winter maxima remain warm, ranging from 20 °C (68 °F) in the south to 25 °C (77 °F) in the north, but frosts are not unknown at night. The Bulloo basin is used almost exclusively for the extensive grazing of sheep and cattle . The only towns within the basin are the former opal mining town of Quilpie and, further downstream, Thargomindah . There is only one major protected area, Idalia National Park , in

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