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Fitzroy River (Western Australia)

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Record floods occurred in 1983, 1986, 2002, and 2023 with approximately 13 to 15 metres of water over the old concrete crossing. The flow rate down the 15 km-wide flood plain at Fitzroy Crossing was estimated to be 60,000 cubic metres per second, making it the biggest rush of water in any river
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In 1935, the Fitzroy got its first bridge – a low-level concrete structure at Fitzroy Crossing, which was built up into a wider structure in 1958. This bridge could be closed for several months at a time during the wet weather and travellers were then forced to use a
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The Nyikina and Bunuba people know the river as Martuwarra (formerly also spelt Mardoowarra) and Bandaral Ngarri respectively. The river and its vast floodplains are of great spiritual, cultural, medicinal, and ecological significance.
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lines and "great numbers of cattle and sheep were drowned", with bodies of animals later found hanging in trees. The heavy rains experienced in the area were the remnants of a cyclone.
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region. Over 80% of its population are Aboriginal . The river flooded after heavy rain events in 1949 and 1954. The 1954 event came immediately after a
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said that the fish had died due to heat and a severe lack of rainfall during a poor wet season. They also become more vulnerable to predators such as
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Mason, Flur-Elise.(2002) "River peaks at 88-year high". (Peaked at Willare at more than 13 metres; its highest level since 1914).
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and 57 smaller Aboriginal communities are also found in the watershed making it home to about 7,000 people of which 80% are
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Extensive flooding during the wet season created a need for an adequate crossing. It was because of this that the town of
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The surrounding area is also known as the Fitzroy Valley and is a distinct physiographic section of the larger
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and Liveringa Station. At the height of the flood the river level was 10 feet (3 m) above the low
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and its catchment occupies an area of 93,829 square kilometres (36,228 sq mi), within the
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and other feed crops. This part of the river covers an area of 12 hectares (30 acres) when full.
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Influence of the Camballin Barrage on fish communities in the Fitzroy River, Western Australia
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Other stations were established along the river further upstream during the 1880s including
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Flooding occurred along the river six times from 1892 to 1903. The 1903 flood washed away
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The Fitzroy has been called the "world's last stronghold" for the critically endangered
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and Leopold Downs and found in the central part. To the west are properties including
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One channel of the Fitzroy River, looking north from Willare Bridge, dry season 2006
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people to the east, who have lived in the area for at least 40,000 years.
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Western Australia. Main Roads Department, (production company,) (1987),
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are found within the catchment area. The two main population centres of
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operating within the catchment area. Some of the properties include:
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The Fitzroy River was diverted in the 1950s as part of the failed
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The Fitzroy River flows for 733 kilometres (455 mi) from the
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when water levels are low. This raised concerns about plans by
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Fitzroy River, looking north from bridge at Fitzroy Crossing
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The first settlement that appeared along the river was
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Index

Mardoowarra

Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges
Mouth
King Sound
West Kimberley
Western Australia
tributaries
Canning Basin
Timor Sea
wet season
largetooth sawfish

Geikie Gorge
traditional owners
Bunuba
Nyikina
Walmajarri
Gooniyandi
George Grey
HMS Beagle
John Lort Stokes
Robert FitzRoy
Yeeda Station
station

Noonkanbah Station
Gogo Station
Fossil Downs Station
Liveringa

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