| Stuart | |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Queensland |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Stuart River mouth in Queensland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Queensland |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Wide Bay–Burnett |
| Subdivision Type5: | City |
| Length: | 160km (100miles) |
| Source1: | Stuart Range, Great Dividing Range |
| Source1 Location: | below Mount Kiangarow |
| Source1 Coordinates: | -26.815°N 151.5364°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 882m (2,894feet) |
| Mouth: | confluence with the Boyne River |
| Mouth Location: | Lake Boondooma |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -26.1386°N 151.4319°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 279m (915feet) |
| River System: | Burnett River |
| Custom Label: | Reservoir |
| Custom Data: | Lake Boondooma |
| Extra: | [1] |
The Stuart River is a river in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia.
The Stuart River rises in the Stuart Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, below Mount Kiangarow in the Bunya Mountains and within the Bunya Mountains National Park. The river flows generally north by east through the town of before flowing north by west, and west of the town of . It is impounded by Gordonbrook Dam 15km north-west of Kingaroy, and by the Proston Weir 5km south-west of the small town of Proston. Finally, the river enters Lake Boondooma where it reaches its confluence with the Boyne River, a tributary of the Burnett River. The Stuart River is joined by one minor tributary. The river descends over its 160km (100miles) course.[1]
The Stuart River was named by James Charles Burnett, after Henry Stuart Russell, a pastoralist, explorer and historian, who explored the area in November 1842.[2]