| Barratta | |
| Name Etymology: | Indigenous chain of lagoons in the area |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Queensland |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Barratta Creek mouth in Queensland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Queensland |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | North Queensland |
| Length: | 109km (68miles) |
| Discharge1 Location: | Near mouth |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 5.64m3/s to [1] |
| Source1: | Leichhardt Range |
| Source1 Location: | below Bunkers Hill |
| Source1 Coordinates: | -19.9811°N 146.9464°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 224m (735feet) |
| Mouth: | Bowling Green Bay, Coral Sea |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -19.4192°N 147.2519°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
| Basin Size: | 1831km2 to [2] |
| Extra: | [3] |
The Barratta Creek is a creek in North Queensland, Australia.
The headwaters of the creek rise below Bunkers Hill in the Leichhardt Range in the Great Dividing Range and flow in a north easterly direction. The creek continues through mostly uninhabited country past Woodhouse Mountain travelling almost parallel with the Haughton River eventually crossing the Bruce Highway and entering the Bowling Green Bay Conservation Park then discharging into Bowling Green Bay near Jerona, before flowing into the Coral Sea. The river descends over its 109km (68miles) course.[3]
The catchment area of the creek occupies an 1831km2 of which an area of 173km2 is composed of estuarine wetlands.[4] The mean annual flow of the creek is 178GL. The riparian habitat of the catchment, particularly the northern end, has declined since the 1970s as a result of clearing of the floodplain forest to plant sugarcane. Most of the catchment area is still used for pastoralism, particularly grazing land for cattle.[5]
The name of the creek is thought to be derived from the local Aboriginal dialect from the name for a chain of lagoons found in the area.[6]