The Coomera River is a perennial river located in the South East region of

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, Australia. Its

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lies within the Gold Coast and

Scenic Rim Region The Scenic Rim Region is a local government area in West Moreton region of South East Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s an ...

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and covers an area of .

Course and features

Rising in

Lamington National Park The Lamington National Park is a national park, lying on the Lamington Plateau of the McPherson Range on the Queensland/New South Wales border in Australia. From Southport on the Gold Coast the park is to the southwest and Brisbane is north. ...

below the Lamington plateau in the

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of Binna Burra and a few kilometres north of the

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/Queensland border, the Coomera River descends over the spectacular Coomera Falls in the Coomera Gorge. The river flows generally north through large rural properties in the upper reaches, joined by ten minor

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before flowing through high density residential and riverside development, particularly in the lower estuary where it flows into the Broadwater near Coomera Island and . Prior to reaching the Broadwater the river diverts into two streams to form the North Branch of the river that flows to the west and north of Coomera Island and heads towards

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to join the

Pimpama River The Pimpama River is a perennial river located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. Its catchment lies within the Gold Coast local government area and covers an area of . Course and features The Pimpama River rises in the Darlin ...

. The main

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of the river flows south of Coomera Island which heads towards the Gold Coast Seaway including flowing around the and . Further upstream, the river flows around Foxwell Island. This river is one of a number which flow north from the

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. Downstream the river flows between

Coomera Coomera is a town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Coomera had a population of 13,305 people. Geography Located next to the Pacific Motorway, Coomera is close to Pimpama, Hope Island, Willow Vale, Wongaw ...

and Oxenford. The Coomera River then enters the northern tip of the Gold Coast Broadwater at Paradise Point. The river descends over its course. Amphibious snake species have been recently sighted in the river catchment by geographers. The Coomera river catchment covers an area of . The river's length is approximately 80 km. Freshwater parts reach mostly to a maximum of but some parts at waterholes and below waterfalls can exceed . The lower estuary area is a fast-growing residential area.

Sanctuary Cove Sanctuary Cove is a gated community and town in the suburb of Hope Island in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is completely self-contained residential environment with its own shopping centre and entertainment facilities, wit ...

and Santa Barbara are all becoming home to increasing numbers of people. A former sand mine near the Pacific Motorway is being investigated for development of a rowing course. The upper tidal areas are popular for waterskiing and wakebording. The upper Coomera River is home 18 regionally significant species including the

platypus The platypus (''Ornithorhynchus anatinus''), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative or mono ...

. The river is crossed by the Pacific Motorway and the

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between and . Further multiple road crossings of the river occur upstream.

History

In May 1827

Patrick Logan Captain Patrick Logan (1791 – October 1830) was the commandant of the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement from 1826 until his death in 1830 at the hands of Aboriginal Australians who objected to him entering their lands. As he had been hated by con ...

was the first non-Indigenous person to discover the river. The waterway was originally named the River Arrowsmith after a London cartographic firm by Robert Dixon, a government surveyor. However Thomas Mitchell, the Colonial Surveyor General, overruled this and other names, replacing them with Aboriginal names. The name ''Coomera'' comes from a

Bundjalung language Bundjalung may refer to: * Bundjalung people, an Aboriginal-Australian group * Western Bundjalung people, an Aboriginal-Australian group ** Wahlubal, their language * Yugambeh-Bandjalangic peoples The Yugambeh-Bandjalangic peoples (also known ju ...

(Ngaraangbal dialect) word ''kumera'' referring to a wattle tree, whose bark was used to stupify fish.

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* * * * * {{Rivers of Queensland Rivers of Queensland South East Queensland Scenic Rim Region Geography of Gold Coast, Queensland Gondwana Rainforests of Australia

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