The 'Macintyre River' rises in the
Great Dividing Range in eastern
New South Wales, flows northwards to
Queensland, where it serves as part of the New South Wales/Queensland border, before eventually flowing south into the
Barwon River.
The
Dumaresq River is its principal tributary. Swanbrook Creek joins the Macintyre at
Inverell.
Goondiwindi is another major town through which the river passes.
The Macintyre and Barwon, along with the rivers
Murray and
Darling, form the Murray-Darling river system, at 3370 kilometres, the longest continuous river system in
Australia.
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