Barcoo river


noun
a river in E central Australia, in SW Queensland: joins with the Thomson River to form Cooper Creek
Historical Examples

Jemmy said his reason for not going to barcoo river was that the blacks there would kill him if they found him in their country.
Journal of Landsborough’s Expedition from Carpentaria William Landsborough

He is going tomorrow on foot to see if there is water in the waterholes on the road to barcoo river.
Journal of Landsborough’s Expedition from Carpentaria William Landsborough

Two of the blacks accompanied us down the river to show us the road to the barcoo river.
Journal of Landsborough’s Expedition from Carpentaria William Landsborough

We tried very hard to persuade Wittin to show us all the way to barcoo river.
Journal of Landsborough’s Expedition from Carpentaria William Landsborough

The creek was too small to be the barcoo river, and the ground on both sides of it too high to admit of it being an ana-branch.
Journal of Landsborough’s Expedition from Carpentaria William Landsborough

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