The Herbert River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia. The southernmost of Queensland's wet tropics river systems, it is named after Robert George Wyndham Herbert (1831–1905), the first Premier of Queensland. William Landsborough was the first European explorer to trace the river's source.
Read more about Herbert River: Geography, People and Land Use, Recent History, 2010–2011 Queensland Floods
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