NRS-14511 | Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area [M.I.A.] files [Water Resources Commission]

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The New South Wales government commenced the development of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area [M.I.A.] in 1906, the Burrinjuck Dam supplied water to the region from 1909.

The files relate to the establishment and operation of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and addresses such matters as applications by intending settlers; proposed Jewish migration from Germany and the Netherlands; land resumptions; the setting apart of farms, recreation and timber reserves; the establishment, naming and planning of towns in the area; housing construction; the operation of factories, abattoirs and canneries; construction of hospitals; soldier re-settlement schemes; Royal Commission reports and policy matters.  Some files contain catalogues and brochures for machinery and household products; town plans; maps and blue-prints; and samples of such things as tent fabrics, clothing fabrics, seeds, rubber matting and copper wire.

This file series starts from the commencement of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Trust in 1911, however the files contain documents earlier than that date concerning matters such as land resumptions and Crown Solicitor's legal opinions.