History
The river was crossed by John Oxley in 1817, but was named by Charles Sturt in his 1828-9 expedition as New Years Creek on 1 January 1829. It was also called the Bogan River prior to Major Sir Thomas Mitchell reaching here in 1835. On 17 April 1835 Richard Cunningham wandered away from the Mitchell party near the Bogan River and it is believed that he was killed here by Aborigines.
In April 1990, major flooding occurred along the river and in Nyngan, and despite a massive effort by local people to build levee walls using sandbags, 2,500 people had to be evacuated from the town. The floods caused A$50 million worth of damage with the railway line so severely affected that rail services to Nyngan have since ceased. Other significant flooding of the Bogan River occurred in 1928.
The name Bogan is an Aboriginal term meaning of the birthplace of a notable headman of the local tribe.
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