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Barcoo River

British  
/ bɑːˈkuː /

noun

  1. a river in E central Australia, in SW Queensland: joins with the Thomson River to form Cooper Creek

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The Bureau of Meteorology issued nine flood warnings for Queensland at 3:09 p.m. local time today, including the Barcoo River and Cooper Creek.

From BusinessWeek • Dec. 30, 2010

A. C. Gregory in the same year, when searching for Leichhardt, confirmed the identity of the Barcoo River with Cooper's Creek.

From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland

He is going tomorrow on foot to see if there is water in the waterholes on the road to Barcoo River.

From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by Landsborough, William

The creek was too small to be the Barcoo River, and the ground on both sides of it too high to admit of it being an ana-branch.

From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by Landsborough, William

As it is desirable that all the routes from the Darling towards the Barcoo River should be known the following letter from Mr. Neilson is appended.

From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by Landsborough, William