Stuart River (Queensland)

Not to be confused with Stewart River (Queensland).

Stuart
River
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Region	Wide Bay–Burnett
Part of	Burnett River
City	Kingaroy
Source	Stuart Range, Great Dividing Range
- location	below Mount Kiangarow
- elevation	882 m (2,894 ft)
- coordinates
Mouth	confluence with the Boyne River
- location	Lake Boondooma
- elevation	279 m (915 ft)
- coordinates
Length	160 km (99 mi)
Basin	65 km2 (25 sq mi)
Reservoir	Lake Boondooma
National park	Bunya Mountains National Park
Location of Stuart River mouth in Queensland

The Stuart River is a river located in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia.

Course and features

The Stuart River rises in the Stuart Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, below Mount Kiangarow in the Bunya Mountains and within the Bunya Mountains National Park. The river flows generally north by east through the town of Kingaroy before flowing north by west, and west of the town of Proston. Finally, the river enters Lake Boondooma where it reaches its confluence with the Boyne River, a tributary of the Burnett River. The Stuart River is joined by one minor tributary. The river descends 602 metres (1,975 ft) over its 160-kilometre (99 mi) course. The river's catchment is 65 square kilometres (25 sq mi), relatively small by Australian standards.

The Stuart River was named by James Charles Burnett, after Henry Stuart Russell, a pastoralist, explorer and historian, who explored the area in November 1842.

See also

• List of rivers of Queensland