Camballin Irrigation Scheme

17°59′28″S 124°11′38″E / 17.991°S 124.194°E / -17.991; 124.194 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.[1] Fodder crops, Sorghum, oats and cotton were also trialled.[2][3][4] The scheme was plagued by problems associated with flooding which damaged infrastructure and crops and was abandoned in 1983.

  1. ^ "$2,000m development in minerals". The Canberra Times. Vol. 44, no. 12, 676. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 July 1970. p. 13. Retrieved 21 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "North has two faces". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 481. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 September 1966. p. 2. Retrieved 20 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "The big (secret) deal in the Kimberley". The Canberra Times. Vol. 44, no. 12, 486. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 6 December 1969. p. 2. Retrieved 20 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Big cattle and sorghum plan". The Canberra Times. Vol. 44, no. 12, 673. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 July 1970. p. 14. Retrieved 20 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.