The Dumaresq River forms part of the border between Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

 and New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

. The Severn River

Severn River (Queensland)

The Severn River, in Queensland, is a small river that rises in the Sundown National Park which joins the Dumaresq River near the Tenterfield Creek and Glenlyon Dam road. The Dumaresq flows into the Macintyre River...

 is its principal tributary and the Dumaresq in turn is a tributary of the Macintyre River

MacIntyre River

The Macintyre River is a river in northern New South Wales, Australia, part of which forms the border with Queensland.The headwaters of the Macintyre River rise west of Guyra and south of Glen Innes on the Northern Tablelands...

 (which has a separate tributary also called the Severn River (NSW)). These rivers are all part of the Border Rivers

Border Rivers (Australia)

The Border Rivers refers to a group of rivers and the associated region near the border between New South Wales and Queensland, states of Australia. Rising in the New England Tableland, they form the headwaters of the Darling River, draining the western side of the Great Dividing Range...

 group.

History

The river has significant meaning to the Bigambul people, the first Australians to inhabit this area. The Kamilaroi people also have strong connections to the river.
The river was named by Allan Cunningham

Allan Cunningham (botanist)

Allan Cunningham was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.- Early life :...

 in 1827 after Lt-Colonel Henry Dumaresq, Governor Darling

Ralph Darling

General Sir Ralph Darling, GCH was a British colonial Governor and Governor of New South Wales from 1825 to 1831.-Early career:...

's assistant and his wife's brother.

Places along the river

Bonshaw

Bonshaw, New South Wales

Bonshaw is a village in New South Wales, Australia 783 km north of Sydney. In 2006 the village had a population of 171 people in the district. It is located near the northern border of the State close to Texas, Queensland, from which it is separated by the Dumaresq River which forms the border...

 in New South Wales and Yelarbon

Yelarbon, Queensland

Yelarbon is a small town in south-central Queensland on the Dumaresq River. It sits on the Cunningham Highway midway between Goondiwindi and Inglewood. At the 2006 census, Yelarbon had a population of 448....

 and Texas

Texas, Queensland

Texas is a town in Queensland, Australia. The town is located just from Queensland's southern border with New South Wales, close to Bonshaw, New South Wales...

 in Queensland are towns situated on this river. The Bruxner Highway

Bruxner Highway

The Bruxner Highway is one of the more obscure State highways in New South Wales, Australia. It forms an east-west link from the Northern Rivers coast, across the Northern Tablelands in northern New South Wales, close to the border with Queensland...

 crosses the Dumaresq River just south of Texas.

Within the river valley there are vineyard

Vineyard

A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice...

s and numerous spots for fishing

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

. Farmers in the valley once supported the tobacco

Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...

 industry with crop.

In April 2011, the water hyacinth

Water hyacinth

The seven species of water hyacinth comprise the genus Eichhornia. Water hyacinth are a free-floating perennial aquatic plant native to tropical and sub-tropical South America. With broad, thick, glossy, ovate leaves, water hyacinth may rise above the surface of the water as much as 1 meter in...

weed was found in the river system for the first time.