The Camballin Irrigation Scheme consisted of the
Fitzroy River Barrage, the
Seventeen Mile Dam
The Seventeen Mile Dam was constructed as part of the Camballin Irrigation Scheme by the Public Works Department of Western Australia
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, Company Pump, numerous irrigation channels, a seventeen kilometre levee bank, silos for grain storage which were built at the
Broome Jetty and other support infrastructure located at the
Camballin townsite.
The scheme was implemented to provide a large scale rice growing venture. Fodder crops, Sorghum, oats and cotton were also trialled.
The scheme was plagued by problems associated with flooding which damaged infrastructure and crops and was abandoned in 1983.
External links
Parliamentary discussionsCamballin Irrigation Area - A summary of Cropping and Pasture Studies 1958-1970
History of Western Australia
Buildings and structures in Western Australia
Kimberley (Western Australia)
Water supply and sanitation in Western Australia
Irrigation in Australia
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