Mitchell River Improvement Trust

Full description

Constituted under the provisions of the River Improvement Act and Gazeted 28 August 1957. District extended and Gazetted 29 November 1961.

The object of the Trust was to undertake works to control erosion along the banks of the river, and to reduce the severity of flodding of adjacent land by clearing obstructions from the river. Protection of river banks was adopted as the main objective.

Subsequent Agecy: VA 5011 Mitchell River Management Board 1987 to 1997.