Lake Eyre Basin Rivers 252 Condamine–Balonne system 132 Lake Eyre Basin 230 Olympic Dam site 183 Queensland 218, 219 threats from 121 turtles and 61 water flows Culgoa River catchment 137–43 Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre 5 Mount Isa complex 180 Murray–Darling Basin 163–4 protection of 86, 101 turtles and 61 water governance, Wild Rivers legislation 213–27 water harvesting licences 51, 131, 132, 156 embargo 1992 138 Lower Balonne catchment 222 management of 142 waterholes 10, 14, 33, 43, 44, 45, 50, 51, 95–6, 109, 110, 154, 195 connectivity 217 future of 51, 214 turtles and 55, 57, 58, 59–60 viability 232 Water Legislation Amendment Act 2016 (Qld) 198 water licences 121, 146, 204 Cooper Creek floodplain 152 Lower Balonne River catchment 219–20 trading 231–2 see also water harvesting licences water lilies (Nymphaea georginae) 104 water management 27, 117, 203 Water Management Plan (Cooper Creek) 2000 (Qld) 155, 157, 216 water quality mines and 178, 182–4 protection of 218 Wild Rivers declaration 206 Water Reform and Other Legislative Amendments Bill 2014 (Qld) 198 water remoteness 71 Water Resource (Condamine and Balonne) Plan 2004 (Qld) 221–2 water resource development 216, 230 water resource management, Lake Eyre Basin 213–27 Water Resource Plans (WRP) 131, 155, 157, 203–4, 215, 216 Water Resources Act 1989 (Qld) 215, 216, 217, 219, 221 water run-off 20, 22, 26, 56 water scarcity x, 110 water storages 139, 210 water transmission losses 21–2, 154 water usage 139, 206 Lower Balonne catchment 221–2 mining and 173, 182, 189 water volume demand, irrigation proposal 154–5 waterways, Aboriginal people and 103–6 weeds 70, 207 Weilmoringle 127, 128, 130 weir building 12, 13 Welch’s grunter (Bidyanus welchi) 33, 34, 36, 45, 47, 48, 50 Welford, Rob 157 Wenck, Judge 221 western brown snake (Pseudonaja nuchalis) 70 Western Rivers Advisory Panel (WRAP) 99, 158, 207, 222 Western Rivers catchments 196, 197, 215, 216, 224, 225 wetlands 4, 7–8, 25, 154, 159, 195 fish species 37 protection of 207, 217 wildlife corridor function 206 Wild Rivers Act 2005 64, 82, 83–4, 92, 97, 98, 99, 157, 158, 198, 199, 203, 205–6, 210, 213–27, 234, 235 declaration 157, 198, 205–7, 216, 217–18, 222, 223, 224, 225 revocation 99–100, 101, 105, 106, 152, 207–9, 223 Wild Rivers Advisory Board (Qld) 97 Wild Rivers Code 208, 218 Wild Rivers values 223 Wiliyan-ngurru (Camooweal Caves National Park) 105 William Creek 123, 124 Wills, William John 4, 6 Willyama (Mount Isa) Block 174, 175 Wilson River 33, 154, 195 Wimmera River 164, 165 Windamere Dam 145 Windorah 7, 8, 11, 22, 49, 58, 65, 78, 79, 88, 95, 96, 108, 114, 152, 153, 195, 203, 209, 215, 231 Windorah Conference 2008 121 Windorah–Nappa Merrie reach 27, 44 Windorah Scientific Workshop 1996 156 wine industry, organic 116 winter spawning 47, 48 Winton 3, 12 World Heritage listing, Lake Eyre Basin 79, 80, 84, 115, 215, 216 Yandruwandha people 3 yellowbelly (Macquaria sp.) 33, 34, 38–9, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52 yellow-billed spoonbill (Platalea flavipes) 10 zero flow periods 19 zinc mining 175, 177, 180