| Carron River (Queensland) | |
| Name Etymology: | In honour of William Carron |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Queensland |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Carron River mouth in Queensland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Queensland |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Far North Queensland |
| Length: | 255km (158miles) |
| Source1: | Gregory Range |
| Source1 Location: | northeast of |
| Source1 Coordinates: | -17.9667°N 172°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 134m (440feet) |
| Mouth: | confluence with the Norman River |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -17.7°N 147°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 2m (07feet) |
| River System: | Norman River catchment |
| Tributaries Left: | Tabletop Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Telephone Creek |
The Carron River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia.
The river rises at the northern end of the Gregory Range and flows west to the north but roughly parallel with the Gulf Developmental Road until discharging into the Norman River of which it is a tributary near the town of Normanton. It flows thorough many temporary and permanent waterholes through the journey including Rope Hole.
The Carron has five tributaries including Rocky Creek, Foote Creek, Tabletop Creek, Ten Mile Creek and Telephone Creek.[1]
The traditional owners of the area to the north of the Carron are the Walangama people and to the south are the Kurtjar people.[2] The river is named after William Carron, second in command of the Edmund Kennedy expedition in 1848.[3] [4] Carron was the expedition botanist and one of the three survivors of the venture.[5]
In 1872 the Carron and Norman Rivers were all in full flood with 14.5inches of rain falling over the course of two days.[6] Severe flooding was also experienced in 2011.[7]