The Flinders River is the longest river in Queensland, Australia, at approximately 1,004 kilometres (624 mi). It was named in honour of the explorer Matthew Flinders. The catchment is sparsely populated and mostly undeveloped. The Flinders rises on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in North West Queensland and flows generally north-west through the Gulf Country, across a large, flat clay pan, before entering the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Looking downstream along the Flinders River while crossing on the Burke Developmental Road, 2019
Edward Jukes Greig - Arrival of Burke & Wills at Flinders River, 1862
Flooding of the Flinders River at Hughenden, January 1917
The Gulf Country or North West Queensland is the region of woodland and savanna grassland surrounding the Gulf of Carpentaria in north western Queensland and eastern Northern Territory on the north coast of Australia. The region is also called the Gulf Savannah. The Gulf Country is crossed by the Savannah Way highway.
Terrain around Lawn Hill crater
The Gulflander at Normanton, 2011
Mount Isa Mines, 1962
Indarri Falls, Boodjamulla National Park, 2008