Fitzroy Falls Dam, located in

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, Australia, is part of the

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, a complex of dams and pipelines that was completed in 1974. It consists of four separate earth and rockfill embankments located on the Yarrunga Creek upstream of Fitzroy Falls and about southeast of

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. The main embankment of is high and in length. At 100% capacity, the dam wall holds back approximately of water, creating the impounded Fitzroy Falls Reservoir, which has a surface area of , drawn from a catchment area of . The spillway has a discharge capacity of . The Wildes Meadow Canal connects the reservoir to the Burrawang Pumping Station. The Burrawang Tunnel and Canal join the pumping station to the Wingecarribee Reservoir. The Fitzroy Falls Dam is connected to the Bendeela Pondage via the Bendeela Pumping and Power Station, allowing it to act as both a hydroelectric power source and a storage reservoir that can send water to the

Tallowa Dam Tallowa Dam, completed in 1976, is a concrete gravity dam with central overflow spillway, located on the Shoalhaven River, downstream from the river's confluence with the Kangaroo River. The dam wall of is high and in length. At 100% capacity ...

, which feeds the

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and

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