Burrinjuck Dam is located 34 km southwest of Yass and 339 km south west of Sydney, Burrinjuck Dam (also known as Lake Burrunjuck) is a major dam on the Murrumbidgee River below its junction with the Goodradigbee and Yass Rivers. Yass is a town in New South Wales, Australia. ... Sydney Harbour looking south from the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge towards the CBD skyline; the Opera House is visible in the background on the left. ... The Murrumbidgee River is a major river in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

The Dam was built as part of the grand scheme to provide regular water to the dry lands of the Riverina. The scheme aimed to provide water to lands now known as the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. The scheme was largely the result of the labours of an Irish emigrant, Samuel McCaughey, who arrived in Australia in 1856. By the 1860s McCaughey was buying up land in the Riverina. In 1899 he purchased property on the banks of the Murrumbidgee near Yanco. In order to conserve water he built a dam and a number of channels which allowed him to increase the land's productivity. By 1906 the NSW government had established a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works and was hearing from people eager to establish dams along the Murrumbidgee. As a result of this initiative a dam was planned at Barren Jack (the term supposedly meant 'steep mountain' in the language of the local Wiradjuri Aboriginal language - it was eventually changed to 'burrinjuck') near Yass. The dam was built, the new towns of Leeton and Griffith were developed in anticipation of extensive irrigation in the Riverina, and by 1912 the dam was beginning to fill. The dam wall was not completed until 1957. 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Yanco is a small town in the local government area of Leeton in South Western New South Wales, Australia. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Yass is a town in New South Wales, Australia. ... Leeton is a city located in Johnson County, Missouri. ... Griffith can refer to: People with the surname Griffith: Andy Griffith, American actor, writer, producer D.W. Griffith, American film director Emile Griffith, first World Boxing Champion Frederick Griffith who discovered a transforming principle, later shown to be DNA. David Griffith, an American writer George Griffith, writer Melanie Griffith, American... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Today Lake Burrinjuck covers 5,500 hectares, has a shoreline of 645 kilometres, holds 2.5 times the water in Sydney Harbour and supplies 1.2 megalitres of water to the Riverina thus ensuring the continuing prosperity of the towns in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge located on Port Jackson Port Jackson is the natural harbour of Sydney, Australia, also known as Sydney Harbour and is the largest natural harbour in the world. ...