| Connors | |
| Name Etymology: | In honour of Daniel Conner (sic.) |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Queensland |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Connors River mouth in Queensland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Queensland |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Central Queensland |
| Length: | 301km (187miles) |
| Source1: | Chinaman Ridges, Great Dividing Range |
| Source Confluence: | Collaroy Creek and Whelan Creek |
| Source Confluence Location: | east of Lotus Creek |
| Source Confluence Coordinates: | -22.0275°N 149.1725°W |
| Source Confluence Elevation: | 162m (531feet) |
| Mouth: | confluence with the Isaac River |
| Mouth Location: | northwest of |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -22.8131°N 149.0678°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 104m (341feet) |
| Custom Label: | Lagoons and waterholes |
| Custom Data: | Boat Hole; Main Camp Lagoon; Lotus Creek; Lake Plattaway; Knobbys Waterhole |
| Extra: | [1] |
The Connors River is a river and anabranch in Central Queensland, Australia.
Formed by the confluence of the Collaroy Creek and Whelan Creek, east of the settlement of Lotus Creek, the headwaters of the river rise below the Chinaman Ridges in the Great Dividing Range. The river flows generally west past Mount Bridget where the river veers south and crosses the Marlborough-Sarina Road and then forms a series of braided channels and continues generally south by southwest. Crossing Bar Plains the river forms even more channels then discharges into the Isaac River at several locations north of the Junee National Park. From source to mouth, the river passes through a series of lagoons and waterholes including the Boat Hole, Main Camp Lagoon, Lotus Creek, Lake Plattaway and Knobbys Waterhole. The river descends over its 301km (187miles) course.[1]
In February 2015 the Queensland Government approved a proposal to dam the river near Mount Bridgett, approximately 110km (70miles) east of Moranbah. When complete, the dam will create a reservoir with an expected capacity of a 373662ML to provide water for coal mines and communities in the area.[2]
The river was named in honour of Daniel Conner, a pastoralist, by Augustus Gregory in 1856. Gregory was an explorer and Surveyor General of Queensland.[3]