Camballin Irrigation Scheme

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.

References
  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.


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