Camballin Irrigation Scheme
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title:
Camballin Irrigation Scheme
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The Camballin Irrigation Scheme consisted of the Fitzroy River Barrage, the Seventeen Mile Dam, 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 whi
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Scheme in Western Australia between 1950s and 1980s
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camballin_Irrigation_Scheme
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2023-09-09T08:44:44Z
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