Boyne River (Wide Bay–Burnett)

For the river in Central Queensland, see Boyne River (Central Queensland).
Boyne
River
The Boyne River in flood, 2010
Name origin: Boyne River (Central Queensland)[1]
Country Australia
State Queensland
Region Wide Bay–Burnett
Part of Burnett River
Tributaries
 - right Stuart River
Source Stuart Range, Great Dividing Range
 - location south of Boyneside
 - elevation 371 m (1,217 ft)
 - coordinates 26°45′59″S 151°31′17″E / 26.76639°S 151.52139°E / -26.76639; 151.52139
Mouth confluence with the Burnett River
 - location at Boynewood
 - elevation 116 m (381 ft)
 - coordinates 25°37′52″S 151°13′34″E / 25.63111°S 151.22611°E / -25.63111; 151.22611Coordinates: 25°37′52″S 151°13′34″E / 25.63111°S 151.22611°E / -25.63111; 151.22611
Length 230 km (143 mi)
Reservoir Lake Boondooma
National park Bunya Mountains National Park
Location of Boyne River mouth in Queensland
Wikimedia Commons: Boyne River (Wide Bay–Burnett)
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The Boyne River is a river located in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia.

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Boyne River (entry 4233)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Map of Boyne River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Flood Warning System For The Burnett River". Bureau of Meteorology. Australian Government. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

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