What is Darling River?
{{Infobox River | name = Darling River | image = Aerial view of the Darling River.jpg | image_caption = Aerial view of the Darling River near [[Menindee]] | source1_location = [[Brewarrina]] | mouth = joins the [[Murray River]] at [[Wentworth, New South Wales|Wentworth]] | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Murray-Darling Basin|Australia]] | length = 2,739 km (1,701 mi) | source1_elevation = | discharge1_avg= 100m<sup>3</sup>/s | watershed = }} The '''Darling River''' is [[Australia]]'s longest river. It is part of the [[Murray-Darling Basin|Murray-Darling river system]], one of the largest in the world, drains all of New South Wales west of the [[Great Dividing Range]], much of northern [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], southern [[Queensland]] and parts of [[South Australia]]. == History == In [[1828]] the explorer [[Charles Sturt]] was sent by the [[Governor]] of [[New South Wales]], [[Ralph Darling|Sir Ralph Darling]], to find the path of the [[Macquarie River]]. He visited the [[Bogan River]] and in [[1829]], the Darling, which he named after the Governor. In [[1835]] Major [[Thomas Mitchell]] traveled the whole length of the Darling. The Darling does not have an even flow of water. It often dries up, and it sometimes floods. It flows through very dry parts of Australia. In the [[1860]]'s the Darling was used by the farmers of western New South Wales to send their wool by boat [[paddle steamer]] from [[Bourke, New South Wales|Bourke]] and [[Wilcannia, New South Wales|Wilcannia]] to [[South Australia]] where it could be loaded onto trains at [[Morgan, South Australia|Morgan]] and [[Murray Bridge, South Australia|Murray Bridge]]. == Other websites == * [http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/bookid.741/sec./ Article about Darling River] {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Rivers of New South Wales]]