Burdekin was born in Dorset but came from an Australian family after whom the Burdekin River was named.
The Burdekin Bridge (known as the Burdekin River Bridge or Silver Link) spans the Burdekin River between the towns of Ayr and Home Hill, Queensland, Australia.
Apart from the Murray River, it is economically the most important river in Australia, and has the fourth-largest watershed of any exorheic drainage system in Australia.
In 1860, she was used as part of an expedition to find the mouth of the Burdekin River.
The Lower Burdekin languages were probably three distinct Australian Aboriginal languages spoken around the mouth of the Burdekin River in north Queensland.
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Smaller alluvial plains are located on the Bowen and Bogie rivers which flow through the subregion into the Burdekin River.