Billabong (lake)

Yellow Water Billabong, Kakadu National Park

For other meanings, see Billabong

Billabong is an Australian English word meaning a small lake left behind by a river when its course changes.

Billabongs appear often in Australian literature. One of the most famous is in the opening line of the famous folk song "Waltzing Matilda".

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