Northern banker carries golf club across famed course (8,5)

I believe the answer is:

daintree river

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'northern banker carries' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'golf club across famed course' is the wordplay.
'golf club' becomes 'driver' (type of golf club).
'across' is an insertion indicator.
'famed course' becomes 'aintree' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'famed' bit.).
'driver' enclosing 'aintree' is 'DAINTREE RIVER'.

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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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