| Boyne | |
| Name Etymology: | Boyne River (Wide Bay–Burnett) |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Queensland |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Boyne River mouth in Queensland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Queensland |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Wide Bay–Burnett |
| Length: | 230km (140miles) |
| Source1: | Stuart Range, Great Dividing Range |
| Source1 Location: | south of Boyneside |
| Source1 Coordinates: | -26.7664°N 151.5214°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 371m (1,217feet) |
| Mouth: | confluence with the Burnett River |
| Mouth Location: | at Boynewood |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -25.6311°N 151.2261°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 116m (381feet) |
| River System: | Burnett River |
| Tributaries Right: | Stuart River |
| Custom Label: | Reservoir |
| Custom Data: | Lake Boondooma |
| Extra: | [1] |
The Boyne River is a river in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia.
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[2] at Boynewood. The river descends over its 230km (140miles) course.[1]
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.[3]