Suttor River

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title: "Suttor River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-queensland", "central-queensland", "diwa-listed-wetlands"] description: "River in Queensland, Australia" topic_path: "general/rivers-of-queensland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suttor_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary River in Queensland, Australia ::

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Field	Value
name	Suttor River
source1_location	Leichhardt Range
mouth_location	Lake Dalrymple
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Australia
source1_elevation	348 m
mouth_elevation	158 m
basin_size_km2	73936
basin_size_ref
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| name = Suttor River | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | source1_location = Leichhardt Range | mouth_location = Lake Dalrymple | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Australia | length = | source1_elevation = 348 m | mouth_elevation = 158 m | discharge1_avg = | basin_size_km2 = 73936 | basin_size_ref = 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, north west of Glenden. It flows into Lake Dalrymple, becoming a tributary of the Burdekin River.

Geography

A DIWA wetlands can be found along the course of the river. The 332 ha wetland known as the Scartwater Aggregation is a floodplain upstream from Lake Dalrymple 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 river was named after William Henry Suttor on 7 March 1845 by explorer Ludwig Leichhardt on his expedition from Moreton Bay to Port Essington. Suttor had given Leichhardt some bullocks for his expedition.

The Suttor River Causeway is a stone causeway built across the Suttor River on the Old Bowen Downs Road (today at St Anns Road, Mount Coolon). It was built in 1876 by Queensland Department of Public Works 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.

The stone bridge which crosses the Suttor River at St Ann's was believed to be the work of convicts on parole who were once employed at St Ann’s. St Ann’s was one of the oldest settled portions of the district, by 1935 was downgraded to be an outstation of Yacamunda.

References

References

1. "Map of Suttor River, Qld". Bonzle.
2. (2014). "Suttor River drainage sub-basin — facts and maps, WetlandInfo". Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, Queensland.
3. "Water resources – Overview – Queensland – Surface Water Management Area: Belyando / Suttor". [[Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts]].
4. {{Queensland Globe
5. (2012). "Scartwater Aggregation – QLD204". [[Australian Government]].
6. "Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map".
7. "Early explorers". [[Australian Government]].
8. {{Cite QPN. 32941. Suttor River. watercourse in the Charters Towers Region
9. {{cite QHR. 16514. Suttor River Causeway, Old Bowen Downs Road. 601777
10. (1935-08-01). "YACAMUNDA STATION". Central Queensland Herald.

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