Bogan River, a perennial river that is part of the Macquarie–Barwon catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the central west and Orana regions of New South Wales, Australia.
From its origin near Parkes, the Bogan River flows for about 617 kilometres in length and flows into the Little Bogan River to form the Darling River[citation needed], near Bourke.
The name Bogan is supposedly an Australian Aboriginal (Wiradjuri or Ngiyambaa) term meaning\'the birthplace of a notable headman of the local tribe; this may be in reference to the Wiradjuri people of the Bulgandramine Aboriginal Mission, whose word for leader is Balgabalgar. The word is also a Gaelic term meaning bog.
