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The Bohle River is a
The headwaters of the river rise in the
2001 Thuringowa Council: Bohle River Floodplain Management Study
{{Rivers of Queensland Rivers of Queensland North Queensland Bodies of water of the Coral Sea
river
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located in North
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Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, establishe ...
, Australia.
Course and features
The headwaters of the river rise in the Hervey Range
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south of and flows north along the coastal plain west of Lake Ross and then north, parallel with Ross River. The Hervey Range Developmental Road
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crosses the river east of Thuringowa
Thuringowa Central is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the Thuringowa Central had a population of 2,023 people.
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and then the Ingham Connection Road crosses the river west of Townsville. It then enters the Bohle River Fish Habitat Area and the Townsville Town Common Conservation Park and discharges into the Halifax Bay
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near Bushland Beach
Bushland Beach is a coastal suburb in the northern beaches area of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the Bushland Beach had a population of 6,181 people.
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, and then empties into the Coral Sea
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. Tributaries include Middle Creek, Stony Creek (), Stag Creek, the Little Bohle River and Garner Creek. The river descends over its course
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.
The catchment area of the river occupies an of which an area of is composed of estuarine
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wetlands. The river drains most of the coastal plain west of Townsville.
The river supports recreational fishing, particularly of barramundi
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. The Bohle is located approximately west of Townsville. Popular for river fishing, the Bohle River is also good for collecting bait. Yabbies are found from time to time in the muddy banks. Typical fish species found in the river are barramundi
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, red bream, mangrove jack
The mangrove red snapper (''Lutjanus argentimaculatus''), also known as mangrove jack, grey snapper, creek red bream, Stuart evader, dog bream, purple sea perch, red bream, red perch, red reef bream, river roman, or rock barramundi, is a species ...
and grunter
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Characteristics
The Terapontidae i ...
.
The rivers is named after the drover Henry Mackinnon Bohle who worked for a pioneer of the area John Melton Black
John Melton Black (1830–1919) was a pioneer of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Black ordered the expedition of Cleveland Bay to find a suitable site for a port and then established the Port of Townsville and the associated town of Townsville ...
. Bohle overlanded a mob of cattle to Fanning Downs in 1863 and moved stock to the Cleveland Bay
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area in 1864 for Black.
See also
*References
External links
2001 Thuringowa Council: Bohle River Floodplain Management Study
{{Rivers of Queensland Rivers of Queensland North Queensland Bodies of water of the Coral Sea