The Arnold River is a river in the north of the
Northern Territory
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of
Australia
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.
Course and features
The Arnold River rises about northeast of the
Bullwaddy Conservation Reserve and north of the
Carpentaria Highway. It flows to the town Minamia (Cox River) in the
Aboriginal reserve Alawa and then turns northwest and flows about south of Hodgson Downs in the
Hodgson River.
The river is joined by two
tributaries
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including the Williams and Horse creeks and flows through a series of lagoons and waterholes before reaching its river mouth.
Etymology
The river is named for Richard Aldous Arnold, a
pastoralist and
politician
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, who purchased a pastoral lease in the area in 1895. The lease was a part of the Hodgson Downs cattle station. He sold his interest in 1905 and continued his political career as Clerk of the
Legislative Assembly of New South Wales
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.
See also
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List of rivers of Northern Territory
References
{{Rivers of the Northern Territory , state=collapsed
Rivers of the Northern Territory