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    Burrinjuck Dam is a gated, concrete-walled hydro-electric gravity dam at Burrinjuck, in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. It...
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  • Burrinjuck may refer to: Electoral district of Burrinjuck, New South Wales, Australia; Burrinjuck Dam which holds Burrinjuck Lake; Burrinjuck village...
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  • Burrinjuck Dam Site is a heritage-listed dam surrounds at Burrinjuck, Yass Valley Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Burrinjuck Dam...
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    top'. At the 2016 census, the Burrinjuck area had a population of 19. The village is on the western side of Burrinjuck Dam which holds water from the Murrumbidgee...
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    and the construction of Burrinjuck Dam. The MIA was formally established in 1912 after the commissioning of the Burrinjuck Dam on the Murrumbidgee River...
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    12.5 m (41 ft). The construction of Burrinjuck Dam from 1907 has significantly reduced flooding but, despite the dam, there were major floods in 1925, 1950...
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  • Barren Jack Creek Water Supply Dam is a heritage-listed dam at Burrinjuck, in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. It was built...
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    projects with which he was associated include the Cataract Dam (completed 1907), the Burrinjuck Dam (completed 1928), and Brisbane's Story Bridge (completed...
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    was provided for the town, with hydro-electric power available from Burrinjuck Dam from 1928. Hardship as a result of the Great Depression, and the election...
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    New South Wales. Modification and enlargement of the nearby upstream Burrinjuck Dam, which were completed in 1957, have provided some protection against...
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  • Renewable energy portal Burrinjuck Power Station is a hydroelectric power station at Burrinjuck Dam, New South Wales, Australia. Burrinjuck has three turbines...
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    environmental flows. Together with releases from Burrinjuck Dam, on the Murrumbidgee River, Blowering Dam also provides a regulated flow of water for the...
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    of the ride fictionalised in the poem was in the region of today's Burrinjuck Dam, north-west of Canberra in Australian Capital Territory. Paterson had...
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  • together with a description of the construction of Burrinjuck Dam, and of the people who built the dam (3rd ed.). Redfern, N.S.W.: Australian Railway Historical...
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    named after well-known Australian lakes; for example, Burrinjuck Drive is named after Burrinjuck Dam and Burragorang Street is named after Lake Burragorang...
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    soldiers and nurses who served in 20th-century wars, the Inns of Yass, Burrinjuck Dam; and illustrate a 19th-century shop, parlour and kitchen, rural life...
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  • large Burrinjuck Dam on the Murrumbidgee River, which included a hydro-electric power station that opened in 1928. An attractive aspect of Burrinjuck's hydro-electricity...
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    John L. Savage (category Hoover Dam)
    of New South Wales asked Savage to consult on the Burrinjuck Dam in Australia after fears that the dam wall was unstable. Initially, Savage was not allowed...
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    (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Dams and reservoirs in Australia is a link page for any dam or reservoir in Australia. There are three key...
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    Griffith was declared a town in August 1916. The main dam of the scheme was the large Burrinjuck Dam on the Murrumbidgee between Gundagai and Canberra, but...
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    develop with the construction of the Hume Dam between 1919 and 1931, the Burrinjuck Dam built in 1928 and Blowering Dam built in 1968. Development and promotion...
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    Supply Scheme, which provided water from Burrinjuck Dam, the railways ceased to draw water from Chinamans Dam after 1936. The site was returned to the...
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    0"E on the Murrumbidgee River and the main landmark of the parish is Burrinjuck Dam. The Hume Highway passes along the northern boundary of the parish....
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    Goodradigbee valley at the western foot of the Brindabella Ranges, near Burrinjuck Dam. At the 2021 census, Wee Jasper and the surrounding area had a population...
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    west, the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA) fed by water from the Burrinjuck Dam. The MIA is a region where irrigation has opened the way to a diversity...
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  • was provided for the town, with hydro-electric power available from Burrinjuck Dam from 1928. The Great Depression had a marked effect on the economic...
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  • The 5,250-hectare (13,000-acre) reserve is located adjacent to the Burrinjuck Dam, with 5,118 hectares (12,650 acres) of the reserve located on the northern...
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    dam and the beginnings of present-day Wyangala village. To promote development in the region and to provide a reliable water supply, the Burrinjuck Dam...
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  • agricultural districts of the State. On all of the significant inland rivers, large dams have been constructed to regulate the water flow, to facilitate irrigation...
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    crosses on the river just before it enters Lake Burrinjuck, which has been created by the Burrinjuck Dam. The bridge is a key part of the road between Yass...
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