Lake Nagambie is a manufactured

reservoir A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...

located in the Goldfields region of

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, Australia. The lake was formed by the damming of the

Goulburn River The Goulburn River, a major inland perennial river of the Goulburn Broken catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the Alpine, Northern Country/North Central, and Southern Riverina regions of the Australian state of Victor ...

by the

Goulburn Weir Goulburn Weir is a weir built between 1887 and early 1891 across the Goulburn River near Nagambie, Victoria, Australia. It was the first major diversion structure built for Irrigation in Australia, irrigation development in Australia. The weir a ...

. The town of

Nagambie Nagambie is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. The city is on the Goulburn Valley Freeway north of Seymour and in the Shire of Strathbogie. In the , Nagambie had a population of 2,254. History The Nagambie Region is i ...

is on its shores.

Events

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is held on the lake foreshores.

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Lakes of Victoria (state) Murray-Darling basin {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub

Events

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