Ducie River
Formed by the confluence of Palm Creek and South Palm Creek in the Great Dividing Range's Richardson Range, the Ducie River's 69-kilometre course drains a 6,746-square-kilometre catchment. It flows west through stringybark woodlands and tropical savannah plains in Atjinuri, Teppathiggi, Uradhi, and Luthigh country to discharge into the Gulf of Carpentaria at Port Musgrave, just north of Mapoon. Its lower reaches support extensive tidal mangrove forests with stands of Nipa Palms. The nine tributaries include the Dulhunty River, North Alice Creek, Dulcie Creek and Catfish Creek.
Francis Lascelles Jardine named the river after the Earl of Ducie —presumably a family relative — in 1886.
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Palm Creek
South Palm Creek
Richardson Range
Nipa Palms
Dulhunty River
North Alice Creek
Dulcie Creek
Catfish Creek
Francis Lascelles Jardine
