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''[[Waanyi language|Waanyi]]'' (also known as ''Wanyi'', ''Wanyee'', ''Wanee'', ''Waangyee'', ''Wonyee'', ''Garawa'', and ''Wanji)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Gulf Country. The language region includes the western parts of Lawn Hill Creek and Nicholson River, from about the boundary between the [[Northern Territory]] and Queensland, westwards towards [[Alexandria Station (Northern Territory)|Alexandria station]], [[Doomadgee, Queensland|Doomadgee]], and Nicholson River. It includes the local government area of the [[Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee]].<ref>{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/136|title=Waanyi|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>
The explorer, [[Ludwig Leichhardt]], passed through the area during his 1845 overland expedition from [[Moreton Bay]] in Queensland to [[Port Essington]] in the Northern Territory. Leichhardt named the river for Dr [[
The river is often inundated by heavy rainfall following [[cyclone]]s that cross the catchment from either the [[Coral Sea]] or from the Gulf of Carpentaria. Record flood events occurred in 1971 through the catchment with lesser floods in 2000, 2004 and 2009 all of which led to road closures in the area.<ref name=flood/>
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