| Bogan River | |
|---|---|
 The Bogan River at Nyngan | |
  Location of the Bogan River mouth in New South Wales | |
| Etymology | 1. Aboriginal: the birthplace of a notable headman of the local tribe;[1][2] |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| Region | Central West, Orana |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Little River (Parkes) |
| • location | Cooks Myalls, near Parkes |
| • coordinates | 33°00′30″S 148°02′00″E / 33.00833°S 148.03333°E |
| • elevation | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
| Mouth | Darling River |
• location | Dry Bogan Weir, near Bourke |
• coordinates | 29°58′30″S 146°20′56″E / 29.97500°S 146.34889°E |
• elevation | 111 m (364 ft) |
| Length | 617 km (383 mi) |
| Basin size | 18,000 km2 (6,900 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Macquarie–Barwon sub-catchment, Darling River catchment, Murray-Darling basin |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Genaren Creek, Sandy Creek, Bulbodney Creek, Little Bogan River |
| • right | Cookopie Creek, Burrill Creek, Gundong Creek, Tomingley Creek, Mulla Mulla Cowal, Moonagee Cowal, Gunningbar Creek, Nyangi Bogan Cowal, Duck Creek, Bywash Billabong, Kellys Cowal |
| Basin area is upstream of Nyngan only[3]: 11 | |
Bogan River, a perennial river that is part of the Macquarie–Barwon catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the central west and Orana regions of New South Wales, Australia.
From its origin near Parkes, the Bogan River flows for about 617 kilometres (383 mi) in length and flows into the Little Bogan River[4] to form the Darling River[citation needed], near Bourke.[5]
The name Bogan is supposedly an Australian Aboriginal (Wiradjuri or Ngiyambaa) term meaning 'the birthplace of a notable headman of the local tribe';[6] this may be in reference to the Wiradjuri people of the Bulgandramine Aboriginal Mission, whose word for "leader" is “Balgabalgar”. The word is also a Gaelic term meaning bog.[1][2]
- ^ a b "Bogan River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ a b Reader's Digest Guide to Australian Places. Sydney: Reader's Digest (Australia) Pty. Limited. 1993. ISBN 978-0-86438-399-0.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Greenwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Map of Little Bogan River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Maps of Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ Chisholm, Alec H., ed. (1963). "Bogan River". The Australian Encyclopaedia. Vol. 2. Sydney: Halstead Press. p. 46.
- ^ Cobb, John (3 June 2009). "On the origins of the bogan as a species". The Punch. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
