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727:, a rocky shelf which conveniently lies at the high tide limit on the river. He named the river after John Roper, a member of the expedition stating: "I found myself on the banks of a large fresh water river from 500 to 800 yards broad, with not very high banks... it was the river Mr Roper has seen two days before, and I named it after him, as I had promised to do."
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was established by the Church of
England Missionary Society in 1908. After it was closed in 1968, the government took over management of the community. In 1988, control of the town was handed to the Yugul Mangi Community Government Council, and the township was renamed Ngukurr.
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Roper River (400 km (250 mi) with
Waterhouse River (199 km (124 mi) is 599 km (372 mi) long; Roper River with the Roper Creek (110 km (68 mi) is 510 km (320 mi) long;
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of 81,794 km (31,581 sq mi), which is one of the largest river catchment areas in the
Northern Territory. The Roper River is navigable for about 145 kilometres (90 mi), until the tidal limit at
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The river has a mean annual outflow of 5.54 km/a (176 m/s). It is one of only few major rivers in the
Northern Territory that flows all year round sustained by groundwater.
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Booth, Carol; Turner, Joel (February 2024). "Free-flowing Rivers of
Australia's North". Territory Rivers: Keep ‘em Flowing.
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Roper River
Catchment: An Assessment of the Physical and Ecological Condition of the Roper River and its Major Tributaries
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1387:. The Australian National University. 14 May 2015
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1106:"Overview of the Roper River Catchment"
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1381:"Roper River Mission - Place"
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1558:Fitzmaurice
1444:Floodplains
1437:, Australia
957:Waterhouse
731:Tributaries
717:Moreton Bay
694:Warndarrang
624:Arnhem Land
603:tributaries
563:Roper River
504:Tributaries
499:Roper River
255: /
243:135°19′42″E
178: /
166:133°08′59″E
77:Native name
1796:Categories
1678:Settlement
1513:Buckingham
1365:23 January
1278:|url=
1056:References
911:Strangways
770:discharge
749:tributary
743:tributary
706:Rembarrnga
698:Nunggubuyu
682:Mangarrayi
650:barramundi
613:and has a
583:confluence
533:Strandways
286:Basin size
240:14°42′40″S
163:14°55′58″S
1648:Nicholson
1623:Liverpool
1613:Koolatong
1598:Katherine
1573:Goomadeer
1538:Elizabeth
1503:Blackmore
1493:Alligator
1351:"Profile"
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587:Mataranka
446:Mataranka
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376:Discharge
337:Discharge
298:Discharge
146:Mataranka
111:Territory
105:Australia
82:Ropa Riba
1727:Category
1693:Victoria
1673:Sandover
1658:Robinson
1653:Playford
1628:McArthur
1578:Goromuru
1568:Georgina
1488:Adelaide
1335:26 April
1269:cite web
1014:See also
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768:Average
144:east of
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1703:Wickham
1593:Hodgson
1588:Gregory
1543:Finniss
1523:Charles
1518:Calvert
1001:Ngukurr
949:21,210
866:Jalboi
858:12,694
840:14,109
833:Hodgson
753:Length
664:History
646:dugongs
642:turtles
597:on the
589:in the
569:of the
537:Hodgson
521:, Phelp
351:Ngukurr
102:Country
65:in the
1698:Walker
1583:Goyder
1498:Arnold
1481:Rivers
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1245:12 May
1220:11 May
965:3,649
934:1,051
918:6,142
900:2,770
886:3,037
872:2,271
849:Wilton
824:633.6
809:5,305
801:Phelp
790:81,794
773:(m/s)
759:Basin
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686:Ngandi
654:prawns
611:course
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1668:Rosie
1663:Roper
1643:Negri
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1548:Finke
1508:Blyth
1391:1 May
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903:10.2
843:89.6
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795:296.9
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678:Alawa
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1753:stub
1683:Todd
1633:Mary
1608:King
1603:Keep
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