The Suttor River is a river in
Central Queensland, Australia. The
Belyando River is its main tributary.
The river has its origins in the
Leichhardt Range
The Leichhardt Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, is a mountain range located in North Queensland, Australia.
The range runs parallel with the coast about west of Mackay and has an average elevation of . It is composed of a series of rugg ...
, north west of
Glenden. It flows into
Lake Dalrymple
The Burdekin Dam, officially the Burdekin Falls Dam, is a concrete gravity dam with an uncontrolled spillway across the Burdekin River, located south west of Ayr, and Home Hill in North Queensland, Australia. Built for the purpose of irrigation ...
, becoming a tributary of the
Burdekin River.
Geography
A
DIWA wetlands can be found along the course of the river. The wetland known as the Scartwater Aggregation is a floodplain upstream from
Lake Dalrymple
The Burdekin Dam, officially the Burdekin Falls Dam, is a concrete gravity dam with an uncontrolled spillway across the Burdekin River, located south west of Ayr, and Home Hill in North Queensland, Australia. Built for the purpose of irrigation ...
where the river is split into two major channels by Scartwater Hill, a
sandstone outcrop, the channels contain two large permanent waterholes.
History
Jangga, also known as Yangga, is a language of
Central Queensland. The Jangga language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the
Etheridge Shire Council
The Shire of Etheridge is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia in what is known as the Savannah Gulf region. Its economy is based on cattle grazing and mining.
It covers an area of , and has existed as a local government ...
.
The river was named after
William Henry Suttor on 7 March 1845 by explorer
Ludwig Leichhardt on his expedition from
Moreton Bay to
Port Essington
Port Essington is an inlet and historic site located on the Cobourg Peninsula in the Garig Gunak Barlu National Park in Australia's Northern Territory. It was the site of an early attempt at British settlement, but now exists only as a remote ...
. Suttor had given Leichhardt some bullocks for his expedition.
The
Suttor River Causeway
Suttor River Causeway is a heritage-listed causeway across the Suttor River on the Old Bowen Downs Road, now at St Anns Road, Mount Coolon, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1876 by the Queensland Department of Public ...
is a stone
causeway
A causeway is a track, road or railway on the upper point of an embankment across "a low, or wet place, or piece of water". It can be constructed of earth, masonry, wood, or concrete. One of the earliest known wooden causeways is the Sweet Tra ...
built across the Suttor River on the Old Bowen Downs Road (today at St Anns Road,
Mount Coolon
Mount Coolon is a rural town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mount Coolon had a population of 64 people.
Geography
The Suttor River rises here. The river marks part of the eastern and all ...
). It was built in 1876 by
Queensland Department of Public Works
The Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy (CHDE), formerly the Department of Housing and Public Works, is a ministerial department within the Queensland Government, tasked with providing housing (including homelessness and buil ...
and is now listed on the
Queensland Heritage Register as a rare example of the road construction techniques and materials employed in the state at the time.
See also
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List of rivers of Australia
This is a list of rivers of Australia. Rivers are ordered alphabetically, by state. The same river may be found in more than one state as many rivers cross state borders.
Longest rivers nationally
Longest river by state or territory
Althoug ...
References
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Rivers of Queensland
Central Queensland
DIWA-listed wetlands