The ''Irrigation Record'' was a fortnightly newspaper published in

Leeton, New South Wales Leeton is a town located in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Leeton is situated in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, approximately 550 km west of Sydney and 450 km north of Melbourne. It is the administrative centre of the Lee ...

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from 15 February 1913 to 15 June 1917 by the NSW Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission. Its purpose was to educate new settlers of the fledgling

Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area The Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA) is geographically located within the Riverina area of New South Wales. It was created to control and divert the flow of local river and creek systems for the purpose of food production. The main river s ...

(MIA), about agricultural methods, irrigation techniques, crops, stock and machinery.

History

Leeton was the first town to be planned under the

scheme. The ''Irrigation Record'' commenced publication in 1913 and its stated aim was to educate the local residents about irrigation and farming. Articles covered developments in the area such as the establishment of the town including churches, schools, police stations and the agricultural industry. The editor of the ''Irrigation Record'' was Mr J G (John Gibson) Youll, later a Councillor of the Shire of Wade. Feature articles by

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about the planning of Leeton and

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were published in May and June 1915. The last issue of the ''Irrigation Record'' was published on 15 June 1917. The economic constraints of World War I were cited in the penultimate edition as one reason for its closure, along with the belief that the journal had served its purpose to educate new settlers.

Availability

The ''Irrigation Record'' was microfilmed by W. & F. Pascoe onto 1 reel of 35mm microfilm. The microfilm can be viewed at the

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, and the

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. The project to digitise the ''Irrigation Record 1913–1917'' was jointly funded by Griffith City Council, McWilliam's Wines and

Murrumbidgee Irrigation Limited Murrumbidgee Irrigation Limited (MI) is one of five privately owned irrigation companies in New South Wales, Australia. It provides irrigation water and drainage services to an area known as the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA). MI manages 500 ...

. The newspaper is part of the

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of the

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* {{Trove newspaper, 352, Irrigation Record , 1913–1917
Western Riverina Libraries
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