Condamine River

The Condamine River, part of the Balonne catchment that is part of the Murray-Darling Basin, drains the northern portion of the Darling Downs, Queensland.

The river is approximately 500 kilometres long and rises on Mount Superbus, South East Queensland's highest peak, and then flows north west across the Darling Downs, then west.

At the junction with Dogwood Creek, south of Yuleba, the Condamine turns to the southwest and becomes known as the Balonne River.

The Condamine River descends 516 metres over its 657 kilometre course, with a catchment area of 13,292 square kilometres. The river flows just west of the town of Condamine, and southwest of Dalby and Chinchilla.

Tributaries of the Condamine River include Sandy Creek, Wilkie Creek, Wambo Creek, Undulla Creek, Emu Creek, Swan Creek, Glengallen Creek, Dalrymple Creek, Kings Creek, Hodgson Creek, Oakey Creek, Myall Creek, Jimbour Creek, Cooranga Creek, and Charleys Creek.

The Condamine River was named by Allan Cunningham in 1827 in honour of Thomas de la Condamine, a former aide-de-camp to Governor Ralph Darling, who became the colony's first Collector of Internal Revenue.