Boyne River (Wide Bay–Burnett)

For the river in Central Queensland, see Boyne River (Central Queensland).

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

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The Boyne River in flood, 2010
Location of Boyne River mouth in Queensland
Etymology	Boyne River (Wide Bay–Burnett)[1]
Location
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Region	Wide Bay–Burnett
Physical characteristics
Source	Stuart Range, Great Dividing Range
• location	south of Boyneside
• coordinates	26°45′59″S 151°31′17″E
• elevation	371 m (1,217 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Burnett River
• location	at Boynewood
• coordinates	25°37′52″S 151°13′34″E
• elevation	116 m (381 ft)
Length	230 km (140 mi)
Basin features
River system	Burnett River
Tributaries
• right	Stuart River
Reservoir	Lake Boondooma
[2]

Course and features

The Boyne River rises in the Stuart Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, south of Boyneside near Haly Mountain which is at the northwest extent of the Bunya Mountains and within the Bunya Mountains National Park. The river flows generally north joined by twenty tributaries, crossed by the Bunya Highway, and impounded near the town of Proston to form Lake Boondooma where the Boyne is joined by the Stuart River before reaching its confluence with the Burnett River upstream from Mundubbera^[3] at Boynewood. The river descends 571 metres (1,873 ft) over its 230-kilometre (140 mi) course.^[2]

The river was named in 1843 by Henry Stuart Russell under the mistaken impression the river was the same watercourse as the Boyne River located in Central Queensland.^[1]

See also

• Water portal
• Environment portal
• Queensland portal

• List of rivers of Australia § Queensland