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ventilator ("bum breather" – it uses oxygen from water taken in through its tail), and is listed in the top 25 most endangered turtle species in the world. The lungfish also has great significance to evolutionary biologists. It requires the rapids in order to breed, and much of its breeding habitat
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While there are only two impoundments on the Mary River itself (the Gympie weir, and the barrage at Mungar, south of Tinana) there are a number of dams within the Mary River catchment on tributaries, Borumba Dam on Yabba Creek west of Imbil, Baroon Pocket Dam on Obi Obi Creek west of
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There was strong opposition to the dam from the wider and international community, based on environmental concerns related to the endangered Mary River cod, Mary River turtle, giant barred frog, cascade tree frog, Coxen's fig parrot, the vulnerable
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was opened in 1847 and in 1859 it was declared a port of entry. In 1856, after the river became unnavigable to larger vessels a new township and port were established. From the 1850s to the end of the century the port was one of
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Reliable recording of flood events commenced in 1890. Major flooding on the river occurred in 1955 when the height at
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was closed to the north and south of Gympie and more than 50 homes and businesses were inundated. The high turbidity levels interfered with the natural breeding cycle for some of the river species.
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in 1867 brought an inflow of miners and pastoralists. Alluvial flats along the Mary River and some of its tributaries were used for cropping, and there was small-time dairying in the 1880s.
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Mile Creek Dam on Six Mile Creek east of Cooroy, Cedar Pocket Dam on Deep Creek at Cedar Pocket, and two weirs (Talegalla and
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This article is about the Mary River, Queensland, Australia. For other uses, see
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announced on 27 April 2006 its intention to dam part of the Mary River at
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ports. Some authorities called the port "Wide Bay" well into the 1860s.
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The action had been planned to create a reservoir "almost as big as the
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In light of the region's longest drought in one hundred years, the
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In January 2013, the river experienced major flooding after ex-
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Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
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Preen, A.R.; Lee Long, W.J.; Coles, R.G. (September 1995).
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Yabba Creek, Kandanga Creek, Widgee Creek, Wide Bay Creek,
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Petrie, Constance Campbell (1904). "Part II Chapter VI".
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Obi Obi Creek, Tinana Creek, Deep Creek, Six Mile Creek
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The Mary River experienced major flooding during the
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Aerial video of the Mary River Valley and Kenilworth
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1716:. Fraser Coast Regional Council. Archived from
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1600:"Mayors unite to block dam, find own solution"
1101:Tom Petrie's Reminiscences of Early Queensland
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1682:"Report to Garrett says dam species will die"
953:List of rivers of Australia § Queensland
1650:"Expert raises Mary River dam leakage fears"
1319:"Mary River floodwaters fill Gympie streets"
1251:"A pictorial look at the 1999 Gympie floods"
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1767:Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee
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1211:"Peak hits Maryborough as Gympie cleans up"
1137:. Sydney: Turner & Henderson. pp.
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2972:Geography of Sunshine Coast, Queensland
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1760:"A History of the Mary River Catchment"
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1327:. Australia. 11 January 2011.
1131:Russell, Henry Stuart (1888).
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1449:"Mary River turtle"
1259:. Nationwide News.
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