Index 247 Lake Alexandrina 168 Lake Blanche 4, 8 Lake Callabonna 4, 8 Lake Dunn 4, 57, 59 Lake Eyre Basin x, 65, 70, 71, 72, 107–11, 121, 155 Aboriginal historical connection 92–106 coal seam gas industry and 186–7 conservation partnerships 77–93 economic values and 159–71 fish species 50 floods 1975 120 future prospects 109–11 intermittent river flows 119–22 mineral and energy resources 173–91 organic beef production 114 rivers management 195–211 river sustainability 229–39 see also Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre Lake Eyre Basin Aboriginal Forums 81, 87, 97, 98, 99, 215 Lake Eyre Basin Aboriginal Way 89 Lake Eyre Basin Authority 98, 99 Lake Eyre Basin Coordinating Group 80, 86, 215 Lake Eyre Basin Heads of Agreement 80, 85–6 Lake Eyre Basin Intergovernmental Agreement 79, 80, 81, 83, 86, 88, 90, 91, 110, 195, 215, 224, 234–5, 237 Lake Eyre Basin Ministerial Forum 81, 215 Lake Eyre Basin Partnership 7, 14, 78, 237 Lake Eyre Basin People and Passion 89 Lake Eyre Basin Rivers Assessment (LEBRA) 21, 31, 87, 89, 90, 98–9 Lake Eyre Basin Secretariat 79 Lake Eyre Basin Steering Group 80, 84–5 Lake Eyre Basin Under the Spotlight Conference 82, 88 Lake Eyre Basin Wild Rivers Advisory Board 82, 215, 222–3 Lake Eyre Biennial Conference 87 Lake Eyre golden perch (Macquaria sp. B) 46 Lake Eyre hardyhead (Craterocephalus eyresii) 34, 36, 50 Lake Galilee 4, 11 Lake Gregory 4, 8 Lake Machattie 4, 5, 11, 196 Lake Nash (Alpurrurulam) 103, 105 Lake Yamma Yamma 4, 11, 195 Land Act 1994 (Qld) 202, 203 Landcare 85 Land Court 200, 221 landholders irrigation development impact on 146 Lower Balonne catchment 221 river sustainability and 107–11, 121 language groups 95 La Niña 8, 24 large flow events 27 large off-river storages 236 large-scale development, small-scale development versus 232 large scale irrigation 231 prohibition of 209 large-scale mining 207 lead–zinc–silver mining 175, 177, 178, 180, 196 leasehold lands grants, Queensland 202 legislative framework irrigation development 131–2 Lake Eyre Basin 40, 213–14 Queensland 198–202 Leigh Creek 175, 176 Liberal National Government (Qld) (2012–15) x, 82, 83–4, 88, 99, 100, 101, 121, 133, 152, 156, 157, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 206–9, 215, 218–19, 223, 225, 232 lignum (Duma florulenta) 131, 139 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) 175, 186 livestock grazing 105, 159 local extinctions, turtles 60 local government 85, 201, 207 floodplain management and 220 Lochern National Park 57, 60 Lockyer, Paul ix, 151 locust (Chortoicetes terminifera) 70 Loddon–Avoca Rivers 164, 165 longevity, freshwater turtles 61 long-haired rat (Rattus villosissimus) 70, 71 Longreach x, 3, 6, 12, 38, 39, 82, 88, 107, 160, 174 Longreach conference 229–30 Longreach Waterhole Relocation Zone 196, 204 long-term costs, lack of accountability 234 long-term residents, river flows and 231 Lower Balonne system 121, 214 ecological degradation 141, 225 floodplain flows 137, 138, 219–22 irrigation threats to 127–35 Lower Balonne Water Resource Plan 132 Lower Cooper Creek 8 Lower Lakes, Murray–Darling Basin 166, 167, 168 low flows, irrigation and 153 Mackellar, Dorothea 134 McLaughlin, Colleen: ‘Song of the River’ (2006) 113 Mclelland family 148 Macquarie–Castlereagh Rivers 164, 165 Macquarie Marshes 50, 52, 152, 162 upstream water diversion and 145–50 Macquarie Marshes Environmental Landholders’ Association 148, 155 Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve 145, 147, 148 Macquarie River 121, 145, 152 McTainsh, Grant 156 Macumba River 7, 21, 95 mail services, Cooper Creek 119–20 Main Branch 23, 24 Malaysia 115, 189 mammals, desert 66–70, 87 management areas, Great Artesian Basin 205 management failures, overdevelopment 231 markets measurement techniques 161 organic beef production 115, 117 Maroulis, Jerry 156 Marree 123, 126 marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex) 3 Mary Kathleen uranium mine 174, 178 Mayne River 196, 197 medium floods, loss of 147 megafauna 3