Mitchell River (Queensland)
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For the river in Victoria, see Mitchell River (Victoria).
The Mitchell River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia The river begins on the Atherton Tableland about 50 km northwest of Cairns, and flows over 500 kilometres northwest across Cape York Peninsula to the Gulf of Carpentaria. It has the state's largest discharge, but is intermittent and may be dry for part of the year.
It was named by Ludwig Leichhardt in 1845 after Sir Thomas Mitchell. In June 1845 John Gilbert, a member of Leichhardt's party, was killed here.
Tributaries include:
- Alice River
- Lynd River
- Tate River
- Palmer River
- Walsh River
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