"Billabong is an Australian English word meaning a small lake, specifically an oxbow lake, a section of still water adjacent to a river, cut off by a change in the watercourse.Billabongs are usually formed when the path of a creek or river changes, leaving the former branch with a dead end. Billabongs, reflecting the arid Australian climate in which these "dead rivers" are found, fill with water seasonally and are dry for a greater part of the year.
The word is most likely derived from the indigenous Wiradjuri term bilabaŋ. As the lake kept water longer than parts of the river, it was important to the people to name these areas."
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The Song - Waltzing Matilda ensured the word Billabong was well known.
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