Paroo River, a series of waterholes, connected in wet weather as a running stream of the Darling catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the South West district of Queensland and Far West district of New South Wales, Australia. It was the home of the Paarkantji people.The river rises in the gorge country of western Queensland, and flows generally south and spreads into the vast floodplains of New South Wales, eventually reaching the Paroo overflow lakes.