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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 25, 1941
Page
6
A large gathering including Shire of Win fa officials and Minister spoke at the turning of a Rocklands reservoir site. Speakers lauded the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, announced construction progress, and highlighted benefits for northern districts, soldier settlement, and irrigation across the State. The event noted the commission’s staff and budget, with optimism for regional development through improved water supply.
The gathering noted the day’s ceremony as a continuation of dreams nurtured over many years. Speakers referenced past aims, the effort to bring water to the region, and the plan to channel benefits to the North West. Engineers had studied sites at Rocklands and Riemerel, with work proceeding to support the planned diversion and local development.
The launch of the Rocklands Reservoir scheme near Bal Moral was celebrated with a sod turning by Water Supply Minister F E Old in front of about 150 officials from the Victorian Government, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, and local municipalities. The £874,000 project aims to store 264 000 acre feet, irrigate 11 000 square miles including 12 000 farms and 45 townships, and should be completed in three to four years, with postwar rehabilitation and closer settlement benefits.
Describes the dam project on the Rocklands site with a two stage concrete masonry design, massive works to house workers, rail and power facilities, and a river diversion to supply the Wimmera plains. Notes personnel, engineering teams, previous reservoir experience, and expected timelines for completion and regional water safeguard.
A detailed description outlines a new system for Wimmera country, detailing Rocklands storage near Balmoral, a multiproject network including Taylors Lake Pine Lake and Glanell River works, with a two-stage reservoir complex, large diversion channels, and extensive river works. It notes 12000 farms dependent on the scheme and the aim to ease water shortages via fortified storages and interlinked channels across the Glenelg and Wimmera basins.
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