The Goyder Lagoon is a large ephemeral swamp in the Australian state of South Australia in the state's Far North region. The lake is part of the Diamantina River floodplain, lying beside the Birdsville Track close to the state border with Queensland.
It is located within the gazetted locality of Clifton Hills Station which is occupied by the pastoral lease of the same name.[1][2]
Exceptionally large floods in the Georgina-Mulligan River system may contribute water to the north-western side of Goyder Lagoon via Eyre Creek and the Warburton River. Most of the lagoon consists of shallow, braided micro-channels. It lies within the Median annual rainfall is 100–150 millimetres (3.9–5.9 in) and average maximum summer temperatures are 36 to 39 °C (97 to 102 °F).[2]
Goyder Lagoon was named in 1875 by J W Lewis after George Goyder, the Surveyor General of South Australia from 1861 to 1894.[1]
^ abc"Search result for "Goyder Lagoon" (Record no SA0027247) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ ab"Important Bird and Biodiversity Area factsheet: Goyder Lagoon". BirdLife International. 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
The GoyderLagoon is a large ephemeral swamp in the Australian state of South Australia in the state's Far North region. The lake is part of the Diamantina...
Council of Goyder Electoral district of Goyder, South Australia Electoral division of Goyder, Northern Territory GoyderLagoonGoyder Channel Goyder crater...
its temperament. To the Aboriginal people from the place now called GoyderLagoon in north-east South Australia, the inland taipan was called dandarabilla...
New South Wales GoyderLagoon, South Australia Hacks Lagoon Conservation Park, South Australia Hepburn Lagoon, Victoria Hutt Lagoon, Western Australia...
drains water from Eyre Creek, the Diamantina and Georgina rivers from GoyderLagoon, carrying it into Lake Eyre during its infrequent floods. The river...
Lake Dutton Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre Lake Frome Lake Gairdner Lake Gilles GoyderLagoon Lake Gregory Lake Hope Sleaford Mere Lake Torrens Serpentine Lakes Lake...
Goyder is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1990, and is named after George...
Queensland for over 1,000 kilometres (620 mi), eventually reaching GoyderLagoon in the north-eastern corner of South Australia. Australia's early bush...
lakes and lagoons created by man-made dams for water storage and other purposes, one can identify the following: coastal lakes and lagoons including perched...
along the track with an area of 17,000 square kilometres (6,564 sq mi). GoyderLagoon, the origin of the Warburton River and the end of the Diamantina River...
snake (Suta suta) has been reported preying on speckled brown snakes at GoyderLagoon in South Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study (26 August...
The Regional Council of Goyder is a local government area located in the Mid North region of South Australia. The council area is reliant on agriculture...
and Cadelga. Their eastern extension penetrated the sandhills east of GoyderLagoon, running up to roughly Arrabury. Their southeasterly frontier was close...
miles (16,000 km2) of tribal territory, along the southern edge of GoyderLagoon, and on the Warburton River, and Lakes Howitt and Berlino. The northern...
afternoon of day 4 riders traversed massive cracks in the claypan on the GoyderLagoon. One rider, Graham Butt, broke the seat on his bicycle during one of...
area in which the lagoon is located was named in 1869 after surveyor Richard Randall Knuckey by the Surveyor General, George Goyder. "Terrestrial Protected...
Pandi Pandi. Their southern flank ran as far as the northern edge of GoyderLagoon. They were also present at the Eleanor River. The Karanguru were constituted...
Lambells Lagoon is an outer suburban area in Darwin. It is 47 km East of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the Litchfield Municipality. The...
for the provision of municipal services to the precinct. Waterfront LagoonGoyder Park Deckchair Cinema Darwin Wave Pool Darwin Convention Centre Restaurants...
needed] In September 1869, Surveyor General of South Australia, George Goyder, completed work to divide the hinterland surrounding the present day Litchfield...
Springs, Hughes, Humpty Doo, Knuckey Lagoon, Lambells Lagoon, Livingstone, Lloyd Creek, Manton, McMinns Lagoon, Micket Creek, Middle Point, Noonamah...
species was discovered in Turkey by botanists Nigel Maxted and David John Goyder and was first described in 1988. The species is a highly localized endemic...
situated 110 kilometres northeast of Adelaide in the Regional Council of Goyder. As of 2021, Eudunda had a population of 815 people. Eudunda is known as...
Global Information
