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Show BURRINJUCK DAM, HEW SOUTH WALES One of the Irrigation Marvels of the World. Situated 2G mi lea from Goondah, a small town on the main Southern railway rail-way and reached by one of the most miniature railways in Australia, is Burrinjuck D.-im, the source of the water supply of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Ir-rigation Areas. The surroundings of Burrinjuck present pre-sent a scene of wild and rugged grandeur, and as the train approaches the terminus, glimpses are caught of the great inland sea. Indeed in it a veritable sea, for all the navies of the world could lie on its bosom and then there would room to spare for the Mercantile Marine as well. The biggest -warship ever built conk' ride at anchor at Burrinjuck and there would still be a hundred feet of water under her keel. A couple of years ago here and there could be seen the dying tops of giant gum trees which had fringed the course of the two rivers, riv-ers, but they have long since gone under, un-der, and smart motor boars skliu the surface many feet above the submerged sub-merged trunks. Also n number of homesteads, which nestled in the lonesome lone-some valleys, are likewise buried fathoms fath-oms deep. Their dispossessed owners were well compensated by the State, and the little homesteads had to go in order that a score or two of holdings might emerge on the Riverina plains. The dam ranks fourth among the great irrigation achievements of the world. The formation at the site of the dam is a fine-grained hard red granite, and on either side of the dam the hills rise steeply to a height of 2,000 feet. At about a mile above the dam the gorge opens out into a large basin, which formerly included the junction of the Goodradigbee and Murrumbidgee Mur-rumbidgee Rivers. When the dam is full the area of thi-s portion of the storage will bo about 3,500 acres, with a depth of water wa-ter over a large portion of from 130 to 150 feet. Above this basin the rivers again enter the hills, opening out into smaller areas of submerged flats here and there, which will still further increase in-crease the area of the storage. Some 13 miles above the dam the Yass River falls into the general storage. Water will be eventually held up the Yass River to 22 miles, up the Goodradigbee River to 15 miles, and up the Murrumbidgee Murrum-bidgee River to 42 miles above the dam. The Berembed division weir is situated sit-uated 240 miles by river below Bur-ringjuck Bur-ringjuck Dam. Here the water is diverted di-verted from the river into the main canal. Eventually the main canal will extend to about 120 miles from Berembed. Berem-bed. At present it terminates near Griffith, about 90 miles from the Berembed take-off to Yanco. Where the canal practically enters the area, the distance from Berembed Weir is 45 miles. The estimated capacity of the dam Is 33,612,071,000 cubic feet, or 771,041 acre feet. The full supply level will be at R. L. 1,180 above water spring tides, Sydney, or 200 feet above the Invert In-vert of the drain-off pipes. In the course of a year or so Burrinjuck Bur-rinjuck will come into Its own as one of the most attractive resorts for pleasure and recreation in the States, for the vast utilitarian - undertaking reposes amidst most picturesque surroundings, sur-roundings, and fishing, boating, swimming, swim-ming, shooting will offer considerable attraction to the tourist and holiday maker, who wishes to make a trip 200 miles inland from Sydney. When the fall is completed It will hold more water than Sydney Harbor, and its bays and valleys will be just us numerous, while the surrounding country Is more rugged and Inspiring than that which surrounds Port Jackson. Jack-son. There among those steep and formidable mountains to a height of 200 feet the dam backs the water 42 miles. The ruling grade is only 5 feet per mile. From the dam to Yanco, the great irrigation model of New South Wales, via the water route Is 280 miles, and the fall of the whole of fhat total distance Is only about 000 feet, showing how the low grade enables en-ables those ureas so fur dislant from the supply to be watered entirely by gravitation. The farms allotted and available for disposal on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Irri-gation Areas are of varying sizes and of varying quality, with the result that the lines of Industry followed by the settlers cover a wide range. There are farms of from 2 to 250 acres In extent, and the chief Industries Indus-tries carried on are dairying, which In many cases Is associated with pig raising, fruit growing, viticulture and vegetable growing. , The usual variety of fruits grown under Irrigation conditions in other parts of the world are being produced on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas and the Yanco Experiment Farm is a useful object lesson available avail-able for the Instruction of settlers In the growth of these fruits, and although al-though the settlement Is still young, phenomenal crops of apricots, peaches, citrus fruits and grapes have been obtained by the settlers on the various soils suitable for the production produc-tion of each of these classes. Adv. NEW SOUTH WALES INFORMATION BUREAU Singer Building. 149 Rroidwiy. New York Cily Will bo pleaft'-d to ii'-Dd GtJTrnnint HrilN-tlni or arjuwRr any Inquiries rKanllnK oiipurtu-nltlws oiipurtu-nltlws for farming, mux- raisin. 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