Alice River (Mitchell River)
Alice River may refer to: *The following ''rivers'' in Queensland, Australia: **Alice River (Barcoo River), a tributary of Barcoo River ** Alice River (Black River), a tributary of Black River (Queensland) **Alice River (Far North Queensland), a tributary of Mitchell River (Queensland) *The following ''settlements'' in Queensland, Australia: **Alice River, Queensland Alice River is an outer suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the Alice River had a population of 2,425 people. It is also known as Rupertswood. History The estate is also known as Rupertswood, because the estate was ...

Alice River (Barcoo River)
The Alice River in central Queensland, Australia rises on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range. The river bisects the Shire of Barcaldine, flowing in a south-westerly direction towards Isisford and its confluence with the Barcoo River. The town of Barcaldine is located on the Alice River. The Alice River's tributaries include Jordan Creek and Lagoon Creek. The Alice River is often dry, except after the annual summer rains. The Barcoo River forms the boundary of outback Australia with little in the way of civilization west of the Barcoo. Waters from the Barcoo and Alice Rivers flow towards Lake Eyre in Central Australia, while rivers further east join the Murray-Darling basin and reach the sea in South Australia. History The traditional owners of the area are the Iningai people. Iningai (also known as Yiningay, Muttaburra, Tateburra, Yinangay, Yinangi) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Iningai people. The Iningai language region includes the lands ...
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Alice River (Black River)
The Black River is a river located in North Queensland, Australia. The headwaters of the river rise near Ben Lomond East in the Great Dividing Range and flow in a northeasterly direction. The river flows roughly parallel with the Hervey Range Developmental Road past Mount Cataract and Mount Black on the Bohle Plains. The river is crossed by the Bruce Highway near Kulburr and discharges into the Coral Sea between Yabulu and Beach Holm approximately north west of Townsville. The river descends over its course. The catchment area occupies , including of riverine wetlands and of estuarine wetlands. A total of 22 species of fish have been found in the river, including the glassfish, Roman nose Goby, Fly-specked hardyhead, Golden Gudgeon, Jungle Perch, Barramundi, oxeye herring, eastern rainbowfish, spotted scat, and Crescent Perch. The river is named after John Melton Black John Melton Black (1830–1919) was a pioneer of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Black ordere ...
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Alice River (Far North Queensland)
The Alice River is a river located on the Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland, Australia. The headwaters of the river rise in the Great Dividing Range and flow westward down the valleys and across Aerodrome Plain where they turn south west forming braided channels. The river then turns northwest and continues forming the northern border of Mitchell-Alice Rivers National Park before discharging into Mitchell River. From source to mouth, the river is joined by twelve tributaries and descends over its course. The catchment area of the river occupies , part of the much larger Mitchell River catchment that has a total area of , Vegetation across the catchment area is speargrass savannah dominated by Stringybark, Bloodwoods and Moreton Bay Ash. Along the river banks and tributaries there are open stands of paperbarks and dense riparian rainforest. The season swamps and lagoons have Melaleucas and Freshwater Mangrove with water lilies in standing water. The riv ...
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