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| Burrinjuck Dam (pic by
Michelle Bond) |
Burrinjuck
Major dam for the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
Located 34 km southwest of Yass and 339 km south west of
Sydney, Burrinjuck Dam (also known as Lake Burrunjuck) is a
major dam on the Murrumbidgee River below its junction with
the Goodradigbee and Yass Rivers.
The Dam was built as part of the grand scheme to provide
regular water to the dry lands of the Riverina. The scheme
aimed to provide water to lands now known as the
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. The scheme was largely the
result of the labours of an Irish emigrant, Samuel
McCaughey, who arrived in Australia in 1856. By the 1860s
McCaughey was buying up land in the Riverina. In 1899 he
purchased property on the banks of the Murrumbidgee near
Yanco. In order to conserve water he built a dam and a
number of channels which allowed him to increase the land's
productivity. By 1906 the NSW government had established a
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works and was
hearing from people eager to establish dams along the
Murrumbidgee. As a result of this initiative a dam was
planned at Barren Jack (the term supposedly meant 'steep
mountain' in the language of the local Wiradjuri Aboriginal
language - it was eventually changed to 'burrinjuck') near
Yass. The dam was built, the new towns of Leeton and
Griffith were developed in anticipation of extensive
irrigation in the Riverina, and by 1912 the dam was
beginning to fill. The dam wall was not completed until
1957.
Today Lake Burrinjuck covers 5,500 hectares, has a
shoreline of 645 kilometres, holds 2.5 times the water in
Sydney Harbour and supplies 1.2 megalitres of water to the
Riverina thus ensuring the continuing prosperity of the
towns in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.
Things to see:
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| The Lady BJ on Burrinjuck
Dam (pic Michelle Bond) |
Burrinjuck Waters State Park
The foreshores of the lake are a popular camping destination
offering 38 accommodation units, powered and unpowered
camping and a well-stocked kiosk. The telephone contact is
(02) 6227 8114. The lake itself is ideal for fishing (bream,
yellow belly trout, Murray cod), boating, waterskiing and
the shores are ideal for picnics. The area around the lake
has attracted kangaroos and rosellas in vast numbers.
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