A feature of the Namadgi National Park, the Cotter River System is one of two main sources for the Australian Capital Territory's water supply, the other being the Queanbeyan River located north of the Australian Capital Territory in New South Wales.
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Nevertheless, the Cotter River System is a larger catchment area and due to recent drought conditions the Queanbeyan River has been seen as obsolete in comparison.
Queens Bridge was opened by Wal Fife MP, Minister for Transport and Highways on the 21 July 1975, according to a plaque on the bridge.
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It is believed that the local Aboriginal Ngarigo people used a word that sounded like queanbeyan to describe the river, said to mean "clearwater".
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The Queanbeyan region is the traditional home of the Ngunnawal and the Ngarigo peoples.
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