Fitzroy River Barrage (Western Australia)

The Fitzroy River Barrage is a dam type structure built as part of the Camballin Irrigation Scheme in Western Australia.

The structure was intended to divert the water in the Fitzroy River to be stored in the Seventeen Mile Dam, by flowing up Uralla Creek, unnaturally in the opposite direction.

[2][3] The barrage was built by the Public Works Department of Western Australia and was designed to hold 4.58 x 106 cubic metres of water.

[4][5] A small village was erected at the barrage site during the construction phase.

The Department of Water currently still maintains a small shed on the site for its stream gauging equipment.