Lake Burbury, lake in Australia

Lake Burbury is a large reservoir near Queenstown in western Tasmania, created in the early 1990s to generate hydroelectric power. It is surrounded by dense forest and rugged mountains, with clear water and several boat launch points scattered around its perimeter.

The reservoir was developed in the early 1990s as part of Tasmania's hydroelectric infrastructure for renewable energy production. It was named after Stanley Burbury, the first Australian-born person to serve as Governor of Tasmania.

The reservoir's name honours Stanley Burbury (1909–1995), Governor of Tasmania from 1973 to 1982 and the first Tasmanian-born holder of the post. When the King River was impounded in 1991, the townships of Crotty and Darwin and the North Mount Lyell Railway bridge over the King were submerged; the ghost town of Crotty took its name from James Crotty, founder of the North Mount Lyell Copper Mine. Anglers fish the lake year-round for brown and rainbow trout.

Several boat launch ramps are available around the lake: at Thureau Hills west of Bradshaws Bridge, at the Lake Burbury Camping Ground, and near Darwin Dam at the southern end. The camping ground lies about 20 minutes drive east of Queenstown and provides basic facilities including toilets and picnic areas.

The Crotty Dam's spillway sits on the rockfill embankment rather than on a rock abutment, an approach never before successfully attempted at such a height; it was designed to articulate as the embankment settled. In 2001 Engineers Australia named the dam one of 25 Australian dams of greatest heritage value. Beneath the water lie the flooded townships of Crotty and Darwin.