List of dams and reservoirs in Australia facts for kids

Tasmania's Gordon Dam, one of the largest in Australia, was constructed in the 1970s. It has a catchment area of 1,280 km2 (494 sq mi).

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Australian Capital Territory

There are three key water storage facilities located in the Australian Capital Territory. The fourth source of water for Canberra, Googong Dam, is in NSW. In addition, there are four smaller man-made reservoirs used for recreation and as traps for sediment and fertilizers .

Dams and reservoirs of the Australian Capital Territory

Image	Dam name (where appropriate)	Reservoir name (where appropriate)	Region(s)	Waterway(s) impounded	Dam type	Purpose(s)	Reservoir capacity			Coordinates
							ML	Gal (Imp.)	Gal (US)
	Bendora Dam	Bendora Reservoir	Namadgi National Park	Cotter River	Arch	Water supply	11,540	2.54×10^9	3.05×10^9	35°26′49″S 148°49′41″E / 35.447°S 148.828°E / -35.447; 148.828 (Bendora Dam)
	Corin Dam	Corin Reservoir	Namadgi National Park	Cotter River	Embankment	Water supply	75,500	16.6×10^9	19.9×10^9	35°33′55″S 148°49′52″E / 35.56541°S 148.83108°E / -35.56541; 148.83108 (Corin Dam)
	Cotter Dam	Cotter Reservoir		Cotter River	Gravity	Water supply	78,000	17×10^9	21×10^9	35°19′10″S 148°56′19″E / 35.31955°S 148.93853°E / -35.31955; 148.93853 (Cotter Dam)
	Ginninderra Weir	Lake Ginninderra	Belconnen	Ginninderra Creek	Artificial lake	Recreation				35°14′S 149°04′E / 35.233°S 149.067°E / -35.233; 149.067 (Lake Ginninderra)
	Scrivener Dam	Lake Burley Griffin	Yarralumla	Molonglo River	Gravity	Recreation	27,740	6.10×10^9	7.33×10^9	35°17′59″S 149°04′20″E / 35.29972°S 149.07222°E / -35.29972; 149.07222 (Scrivener Dam)
	n/a	Stranger Pond	Bonython	Off-stream	Artificial lake	Recreation				35°25′47″S 149°4′11″E / 35.42972°S 149.06972°E / -35.42972; 149.06972 (Stranger Pond)
	n/a	Lake Tuggeranong	Tuggeranong	Tuggeranong Creek	Artificial lake	Recreation				35°24′30″S 149°04′00″E / 35.40833°S 149.06667°E / -35.40833; 149.06667 (Lake Tuggeranong)

New South Wales

There are 2,250 dams, weirs, catchments, and barrages in New South Wales. Of these, 135 facilities are considered major dams according to the Australian National Committee on Large Dams.

Dams and reservoirs

The largest reservoir in New South Wales is the 4,798,000-megalitre (1.055×10¹² imp gal; 1.267×10¹² US gal) Lake Eucumbene in the Snowy Mountains, formed by the Eucumbene Dam.

Dams and reservoirs of New South Wales

Image	Dam name (where appropriate)	Reservoir name (where appropriate)	Region(s)	Waterway(s) impounded	Dam type	Purpose(s)	Reservoir capacity			Coordinates
							ML	Gal (Imp.)	Gal (US)
	Avon Dam	Avon Storage Reservoir	Sydney  – Macarthur  – Illawarra	Avon River	Gravity	Water supply	214,360	4.715×1010	5.663×1010	34°21′05″S 150°38′28″E / 34.351389°S 150.641111°E / -34.351389; 150.641111 (Avon Dam)
	Bankstown Reservoir		Sydney  – South-western Sydney		Water tower	Water supply	4.4	970,000	1,200,000	33°54′20″S 151°02′23″E / 33.905494°S 151.03965°E / -33.905494; 151.03965 (Bankstown)
	Bendeela Pondage	Bendeela Pondage	South Coast	Kangaroo River	Embankment	Water supply	1,200	260×10^6	320×10^6	34°43′30″S 150°28′47″E / 34.725°S 150.479722°E / -34.725; 150.479722 (Bendeela Pondage)
	Ben Boyd Dam		South Coast			Water Supply	800	180×10^6	210×10^6	37°07′14″S 149°51′18″E / 37.120456°S 149.854890°E / -37.120456; 149.854890 (Ben Boyd)
	Ben Chifley Dam		Central West	Campbells River	Embankment	Water supply	30,800	6.8×109	8.1×109	33°32′54″S 149°38′05″E / 33.54833°S 149.63472°E / -33.54833; 149.63472 (Ben Chifley Dam)
	Blowering Dam	Blowering Reservoir	Snowy Mountains	Tumut River	Embankment	Flood mitigation Hydroelectricity Irrigation Water supply Conservation	1,628,000	3.58×1011	4.30×1011	35°24′05″S 148°14′52″E / 35.40139°S 148.24778°E / -35.40139; 148.24778 (Blowering Dam)
	Brogo Dam		South Coast	Brogo River	Embankment	Environmental flows Hydroelectricity Irrigation Water supply	8,980	1.98×109	2.37×109	36°29′24″S 149°44′30″E / 36.4899724°S 149.7415495°E / -36.4899724; 149.7415495 (Brogo Dam)
	Burrendong Dam	Lake Burrendong	Orana	Macquarie River	Embankment	Flood mitigation Hydroelectricity Irrigation Water supply	1,188,000	2.61×1011	3.14×1011	32°40′04″S 149°06′25″E / 32.667778°S 149.106944°E / -32.667778; 149.106944 (Burrendong Dam)
	Burrinjuck Dam	Lake Burrinjuck	Riverina	Murrumbidgee River	Gravity	Hydroelectricity Irrigation	1,026,000	2.26×1011	2.71×1011	35°00′10″S 148°35′02″E / 35.002683°S 148.583900°E / -35.002683; 148.583900 (Burrinjuck Dam)
	Carcoar Dam		Central West	Belubula River	Arch	Irrigation Water supply Water conservation	36,400	8.0×109	9.6×109	33°37′00″S 149°10′45″E / 33.61667°S 149.17917°E / -33.61667; 149.17917 (Carcoar Dam)
	Cascade Creek Dams	Cascade Dam	Blue Mountains	Cascade Creek	Embankment	Water supply	1,704	375×10^6	450×10^6	33°41′29″S 150°18′05″E / 33.69139°S 150.30139°E / -33.69139; 150.30139 (Cascade Creek Dams)
	Cataract Dam	Cataract Reservoir	Sydney  – Macarthur  – Illawarra	Cararact River	Gravity	Water supply	94,300	2.07×1010	2.49×1010	34°15′56″S 150°48′11″E / 34.265597°S 150.803189°E / -34.265597; 150.803189 (Cataract Dam)
	Chaffey Dam	Chaffey Dam	New England	Peel River	Embankment	Irrigation Water supply	102,868	2.2628×1010	2.7175×1010	31°20′45″S 151°08′19″E / 31.345833°S 151.138611°E / -31.345833; 151.138611 (Chaffey)
	Chichester Dam	Lake Chichester	Hunter	Chichester River Wangat River			21,500	4.7×109	5.7×109	32°14′15″S 151°41′22″E / 32.2375361°S 151.689418°E / -32.2375361; 151.689418 (Chichester)
	Clarrie Hall Dam	Lake Clarrie Hall	Northern Rivers	Doon Doon Creek			16,000	3.5×109	4.2×109	28°26′16″S 153°18′19″E / 28.437778°S 153.305278°E / -28.437778; 153.305278 (Clarrie)
	Cochrane Dam	Cochrane Lake	South Coast	Georges Creek			385	85×10^6	102×10^6	36°33′54″S 149°27′04″E / 36.565000°S 149.451111°E / -36.565000; 149.451111 (Cochrane)
	Copeton Dam	Lake Copeton	New England	Gwydir River	Embankment		1,364,000	3.00×1011	3.60×1011	29°54′23″S 150°55′38″E / 29.906389°S 150.927222°E / -29.906389; 150.927222 (Copeton)
	Cordeaux Dam		Sydney  – Macarthur  – Illawarra	Cordeaux River	Gravity	Water supply	93,600	2.06×1010	2.47×1010	34°20′25″S 150°44′35″E / 34.34028°S 150.74306°E / -34.34028; 150.74306 (Cordeaux Dam)
	Deep Creek Dam	Deep Creek Reservoir	Snowy Mountains	Deep Creek			11	2.4×10^6	2.9×10^6	36°00′35.7″S 148°20′37.2″E / 36.009917°S 148.343667°E / -36.009917; 148.343667 (Deep Ck Dam)
	Eucumbene Dam	Lake Eucumbene	Snowy Mountains	Eucumbene River	Embankment		4,798,000	1.055×1012	1.267×1012
	Fitzroy Falls Dam	Fitzroy Falls Reservoir	South Coast	Yarrunga Creek	Embankment	Water supply	9,950	2.19×109	2.63×109
	Geehi Dam	Geehi Reservoir	Snowy Mountains	Geehi River	Embankment		21,093	4.640×109	5.572×109
	Glenbawn Dam	Lake Glenbawn	Hunter	Hunter River			750,000	1.6×1011	2.0×1011
	Glennies Creek Dam	Lake St Clair	Hunter	Hunter River			283,000	6.2×1010	7.5×1010
	Googong Dam	Googong Reservoir	Capital Country	Queanbeyan River			121,083	2.6635×1010	3.1987×1010
	Grahamstown Dam		Hunter Mid North Coast	Williams River		Water Supply	190,000	4.2×1010	5.0×1010
	Guthega Dam	Guthega Pondage	Snowy Mountains	Snowy River	Gravity	Hydroelectricity	1,604	353×10^6	424×10^6
	Happy Jacks Dam	Happy Jacks Pondage	Snowy Mountains	Tumut River	Gravity	Hydroelectricity	271	60×10^6	72×10^6
	Hume Dam	Lake Hume (on border with Victoria)	Riverina	Murray River	Embankment Gravity	Hydroelectricity Irrigation	3,038,000	6.68×1011	8.03×1011
	Island Bend Dam	Island Bend Pondage	Snowy Mountains	Snowy River	Gravity	Hydroelectricity	3,084	678×10^6	815×10^6
	Jindabyne Dam	Lake Jindabyne	Snowy Mountains	Snowy River	Embankment	Hydroelectricity	688,000	1.51×1011	1.82×1011
	Jounama Dam	Jounama Pondage	Snowy Mountains	Tumut River	Embankment	Hydroelectricity	43,542	9.578×109	1.1503×1010
	Keepit Dam	Lake Keepit	New England	Namoi River		Irrigation	425,510	9.360×1010	1.1241×1011
	Khancoban Dam	Khancoban Reservoir	Snowy Mountains	Swampy Plain River	Embankment	Hydroelectricity	26,643	5.861×109	7.038×109
	Lake Rowlands Dam	Lake Rowlands	Central West	Coombing Rivulet	Concrete slab and buttress	Water supply	4,500	990×10^6	1,200×10^6	33°40′16″S 149°10′35″E / 33.671211°S 149.176272°E / -33.671211; 149.176272 (Lake Rowlands Dam)
	Liverpool Offtake Reservoir	Cecil Hills	South West Sydney	fed from canal	embankment	Water supply	170	37×10^6	45×10^6	33°53′24″S 150°49′36″E / 33.889869°S 150.826790°E / -33.889869; 150.826790 (Liverpool Offtake)
	Lostock Dam	Lostock Dam	Hunter	Paterson River	Embankment	Water Supply	20,220	4.45×109	5.34×109
	Lyell Dam	Lake Lyell	Central West	Coxs River		Water Supply	34,500	7.6×109	9.1×109
	Malpas Dam	Malpas Reservoir	New England	Gara River		Water Supply	13,000	2.9×109	3.4×109
	Mangrove Creek Dam		Central Coast	Mangrove Creek		Water Supply	190,000	4.2×1010	5.0×1010
	Manly Dam	Manly Reservoir	Sydney  – Northern Beaches	Curl Curl Creek	Gravity	Flood Mitigation	2,000	440×10^6	530×10^6	33°46′53″S 151°15′21″E / 33.78139°S 151.25583°E / -33.78139; 151.25583 (Manly Dam)
	Medlow Dam	Medlow Bath Reservoir	Blue Mountains	Adams Creek	Blue Mountains	Water supply	304.5	67,000×10^3	80,400×10^3	33°39′30″S 150°17′57″E / 33.6583°S 150.2993°E / -33.6583; 150.2993 (Medlow Dam)
	Murray Two Dam	Murray Two Pondage	Snowy Mountains	Khancoban Bank	Arch	Hydroelectricity	2,344	516×10^6	619×10^6
	Nepean Dam		Sydney  – Macarthur  – Illawarra	Nepean River	Arch gravity	Water supply	70,170	1.544×1010	1.854×1010	34°19′55″S 150°37′05″E / 34.33194°S 150.61806°E / -34.33194; 150.61806 (Nepean Dam)
	Oberon Dam	Lake Oberon	Central West	Fish River		Water Supply	45,420	9.99×109	1.200×1010
	Pindari Dam	Lake Pindari	North West Slopes			Hydroelectricity	312,000	6.9×1010	8.2×1010
	Prospect Dam	Prospect Reservoir	Sydney  – Western suburbs	Prospect Creek	Embankment	Water Supply	50,200	1.10×1010	1.33×1010
	Rocky Creek Dam		Northern Rivers	Rocky Creek		Water supply	14,000	3.1×109	3.7×109
	Rydal Dam		Central Tablelands			Power station cooling	370	81×10^6	98×10^6
	Split Rock Dam	Split Rock Reservoir	New England	Manilla River		Irrigation	397,370	8.741×1010	1.0497×1011
	Spring Creek Dam		Central West	Spring Creek	Minor embankment	Water supply	4,680	1.03×109	1.24×109
	Stephens Creek Dam	Stephens Creek Reservoir	Far West	Stephens Creek	Gravity	Water supply	2,000	440×10^6	530×10^6	31°52′42″S 141°35′40″E / 31.87833°S 141.59444°E / -31.87833; 141.59444 (Stephens Creek Dam)
	Suma Park Dam	Suma Park Reservoir	Central West	Summer Hill Creek		Water Supply	17,290	3.80×109	4.57×109
	Talbingo Dam	Talbingo Reservoir	Snowy Mountains	Tumut River	Embankment	Hydroelectricity	921,000	2.03×1011	2.43×1011
	Tallowa Dam	Lake Yarrunga	South Coast	Shoalhaven River	Gravity	Water supply	90,000	2.0×1010	2.4×1010	34°46′22″S 150°18′48″E / 34.77278°S 150.31333°E / -34.77278; 150.31333 (Tallowa Dam)
	Tantangara Dam	Tantangara Reservoir	Snowy Mountains	Murrumbidge River	Gravity	Hydroelectricity	254,099	5.5894×1010	6.7126×1010
	Tilba Dam		South Coast				90	20×10^6	24×10^6
	Tooma Dam	Tooma Reservoir	Snowy Mountains	Tooma River	Embankment	Hydroelectricity	28,124	6.186×109	7.430×109	36°03′03.4″S 148°16′30.5″E / 36.050944°S 148.275139°E / -36.050944; 148.275139 (Tooma Dam)
	Toonumbar Dam	Lake Toonumbar	Northern Rivers	Iron Pot Creek		Water Supply	1,100	240×10^6	290×10^6
	Tumut Pond Dam	Tumut Pond Reservoir	Snowy Mountains	Tumut River			52,793	1.1613×1010	1.3946×1010
	Tumut Two Dam	Tumut Two Reservoir	Snowy Mountains	Tumut River	Gravity	Hydroelectricity	2,677	589×10^6	707×10^6
	Umberumberka Dam	Umberumberka Reservoir	Far West	Umberumberka Creek	Gravity	Water Supply	1,950	430×10^6	520×10^6	31°48′49″S 141°12′38″E / 31.81361°S 141.21056°E / -31.81361; 141.21056 (Umberumberka Dam)
	Warragamba Dam	Lake Burragorang	Sydney  – Macarthur	Coxs River Kowmung River Nattai River Wingecarribee River Wollondilly River Warragamba River	Gravity	Water Supply	2,027,000	4.46×1011	5.35×1011	33°52′59″S 150°35′44″E / 33.88306°S 150.59556°E / -33.88306; 150.59556 (Warragamba Dam)
	Wentworth Falls Lake	Wentworth Falls	Blue Mountains	Jamison Creek		NSWGR				33°42′13″S 150°22′19″E / 33.703672°S 150.372042°E / -33.703672; 150.372042 (Wentworth Falls Lake)
	Wilson Park Dam	Wentworth Falls	Blue Mountains	Jamison Creek		NSWGR				33°42′40″S 150°22′27″E / 33.711168°S 150.374302°E / -33.711168; 150.374302 (Wilson Park)
	Windamere Dam	Lake Windamere	Central West	Cudgegong River		Irrigation	368,120	8.098×1010	9.725×1010	32°43′40″S 149°46′25″E / 32.727861°S 149.773510°E / -32.727861; 149.773510 (Windamere)
	Wingecarribee Dam	Wingecarribee Reservoir	South Coast	Wingecarribee River	Embankment	Water supply	25,875	5.692×109	6.835×109	34°32′29″S 150°28′55″E / 34.54139°S 150.48194°E / -34.54139; 150.48194 (Wingecarribee Dam)
	Woodford Creek Dam		Blue Mountains	Woodford Creek		Water Supply	1,431	315×10^6	378×10^6
	Woronora Dam	Woronora Reservoir	Sydney  – Southern Sydney Sutherland Shire	Woronora River			71,790	1.579×1010	1.896×1010
	Wyangala Dam	Lake Wyangala	Central West	Lachlan River	Embankment	Flood mitigation Hydroelectricity Irrigation Water supply	1,220,000	2.7×1011	3.2×1011	33°58′23″S 148°57′02″E / 33.973119°S 148.950503°E / -33.973119; 148.950503 (Wyangala Dam)
	Yellow Pinch Dam	Yellow Pinch Dam	South Coast	Yellow Pinch Creek	Embankment	Water supply	3,000	660×10^6	790×10^6	36°49′55″S 149°48′04″E / 36.83194°S 149.80111°E / -36.83194; 149.80111 (Yellow Pinch Dam)

Weirs and barrages

Cancelled and decommissioned

Image	Dam/reservoir name (where appropriate)	Region(s)	Status	Coordinates (where appropriate)
	Balmain Reservoir	Sydney  – Inner West	Decommissioned	33°51′32″S 151°10′56″E / 33.85889°S 151.18222°E / -33.85889; 151.18222 (Balmain Reservoir)
	Centennial Park Reservoir	Sydney
	Gosling Creek Dam	Central West	Decommissioned in 1962	33°18′54″S 149°05′04″E / 33.31500°S 149.08444°E / -33.31500; 149.08444 (Gosling Creek Dam)
	Paddington Reservoir	Sydney	Decommissioned in 1899
	Tillegra Dam	Hunter	Proposed and cancelled in 2010	32°19′13″S 151°41′10″E / 32.32028°S 151.68611°E / -32.32028; 151.68611 (Tillegra Dam)

Northern Territory

There are 805 named water storage facilities located in the Northern Territory. Of these, four facilities are considered major dams according to the Australian National Committee on Large Dams.

Queensland

Dams and reservoirs

There are 183 key water storage facilities located in Queensland. These facilities represent a total capacity of 13,389 gigalitres (2,945×10^⁹ imp gal; 3,537×10^⁹ US gal) for Queensland. This does not include privately owned off-stream storage sites used for water harvesting.

Dams of Queensland

Image	Dam name (where appropriate)	Reservoir name (where appropriate)	Region(s)	Waterway(s) impounded	Dam type	Purpose(s)	Reservoir capacity			Coordinates
							ML	Gal (Imp.)	Gal (US)
	Atkinson Dam	Lake Atkinson	South East  – West Moreton	Buaraba Creek	Embankment	Irrigation	30,500	6.7×10^9	8.1×10^9	27°25′42″S 152°26′39″E / 27.42833°S 152.44417°E / -27.42833; 152.44417 (Atkinson Dam)
	Awoonga Dam	Lake Awoonga	Fitzroy	Boyne River	Embankment	Water Supply and Recreation	777,000	171×10^9	205×10^9	24°07′53″S 151°30′8″E / 24.13139°S 151.50222°E / -24.13139; 151.50222 (Awoonga Dam)
	Bamboo Dam	Lake Bamboo	North	Bamboo Creek	Embankment	Recreation
	Baroon Pocket Dam	Lake Baroon	South East  – Sunshine Coast	Obi Obi Creek	Embankment	Water supply	61,000	13×10^9	16×10^9	26°42′12″S 152°52′5″E / 26.70333°S 152.86806°E / -26.70333; 152.86806 (Baroon Pocket Dam)
	Belmore Dam	Lake Belmore	Far North	Belmore Creek	Embankment	Water Supply and Recreation	5,800	1.3×10^9	1.5×10^9	18°10′45″S 142°15′41″E / 18.17917°S 142.26139°E / -18.17917; 142.26139 (Belmore Dam)
	Biggera Creek Dam		South East  – Gold Coast	Biggera Creek	Embankment	Flood mitigation	2,980	660×10^6	790×10^6	810×10^6	980×10^6	27°56′54″S 153°22′59″E / 27.94833°S 153.38306°E / -27.94833; 153.38306 (Biggera Creek Dam)
	Bill Gunn Dam	Lake Dyer	South East  – Lockyer Valley	Off-stream	Embankment	Irrigation	6,940	1,530×10^6	1,830×10^6	27°37′40″S 152°22′37″E / 27.62778°S 152.37694°E / -27.62778; 152.37694 (Bill Gunn Dam)
	Bjelke-Petersen Dam	Lake Barambah	South East  – South Burnett	Barker Creek	Embankment	Water Supply and Irrigation	134,900	29,700×10^6	35,600×10^6
	Boondooma Dam	Lake Boondooma	South East  – South Burnett	Boyne River	Embankment	Water Supply and Power Station	134,900	29,700×10^6	35,600×10^6
	Boobir Dam		South East  – South Burnett	Boobir Creek	Embankment	Water Supply	179	39×10^6	47×10^6
	Borumba Dam	Lake Borumba	South East  – Gympie	Yabba Creek	Embankment	Irrigation and Water Supply	33,300	7,300×10^6	8,800×10^6
	Bromelton Dam	Bromelton Offstream Storage	South East  – Beaudesert	Off-stream	Embankment	Water supply	8,210	1,810×10^6	2,170×10^6	27°56′44″S 152°57′14″E / 27.94556°S 152.95389°E / -27.94556; 152.95389 (Bromelton Dam)
	Burdekin Falls Dam	Lake Dalrymple	North	Burdekin River	Gravity	Irrigation & Water supply	1,860,000	410,000×10^6	490,000×10^6
	Burton Gorge Dam			Isaac River	RCC Gravity	Water supply	14,829
	Callide Dam			Callide Creek	Embankment	Water Supply	136,370
	Cania Dam			Three Moon Creek	Embankment	Irrigation and Water Supply	88,580
	Cedar Pocket Dam			Deep Creek	Concrete gravity and rock embankment	Irrigation	730
	Lake Clarendon Dam	Lake Clarendon	South East  – Lockyer Valley	Off-stream	Embankment	Irrigation	24,330	5.35×10^9	6.43×10^9	27°30′56″S 152°21′4″E / 27.51556°S 152.35111°E / -27.51556; 152.35111 (Lake Clarendon Dam)
	Connolly Dam			Rosenthal Creek	Embankment	Water Supply	2,157
	Cooby Dam	Cooby Creek Reservoir		Cooby Creek	Concrete faced rockfill	Water Supply	23,100
	Coolmunda Dam	Lake Coolmunda		Macintyre Brook	Ebankment	Irrigation and Water Supply	69,090
	Cooloolabin Dam			Rocky Creek	Concrete Gravity	Water Supply	8,183
	Copperlode Falls Dam	Lake Morris		Freshwater Creek	Earth embankment	Water Supply	38,475
	Corella Dam	Lake Corella		Corella River	Rockfill Embankment	Water Supply	10,500
	Cressbrook Dam	Lake Cressbrook		Cressbrook Creek	Earthfill Embankment	Water Supply	81,800
	East Leichhardt Dam			East Leichhardt River		Water Supply	12,100
	E.J. Beardmore Dam	Lake Kajarabie		Balonne River	Earth and rockfill embankment	Irrigation and Water Supply	81,800
	Enoggera Dam	Enoggera Reservoir	South East  – Brisbane	Enoggera Creek	Earth-fill	Water supply	4,567	1,005×10^6	1,206×10^6	990×10^6	1,200×10^6	27°26′50″S 152°56′37″E / 27.44722°S 152.94361°E / -27.44722; 152.94361 (Enoggera Dam)
	Eungella Dam			Broken River	Earth and rockfill	Irrigation and Mining	112,400
	Ewen Maddock Dam		South East  – Sunshine Coast	Addlington Creek	Embankment	Water supply	16,587	3.649×10^9	4.382×10^9	3.65×10^9	4.38×10^9	26°40′51″S 153°0′22″E / 26.68083°S 153.00611°E / -26.68083; 153.00611 (Ewen Maddock Dam)
	Fairbairn Dam	Lake Maraboon	Central Queensland	Nogoa River	Embankment	Irrigation Water supply Flood mitigation	1,301,000	286×10^9	344×10^9	23°39′00″S 148°03′56″E / 23.65000°S 148.06556°E / -23.65000; 148.06556 (Fairbairn Dam)
	Fred Haigh Dam	Lake Monduran		Kolan River	Earthfill embankment	Irrigation and Water Supply	562,045
	Gattonvale Offstream Storage					Water Supply	5,200
	Glenlyon Dam	Lake Glenlyon		Pike Creek	Earth and rockfill embankment	Irrigation	254,000
	Gold Creek Dam	Gold Creek Reservoir	South East  – Brisbane	Gold Creek	Embankment	Water supply	801	176×10^6	212×10^6	27°27′39″S 152°52′52″E / 27.46083°S 152.88111°E / -27.46083; 152.88111 (Gold Creek Dam)
	Gordonbrook Dam			Stuart River	Earthfill embankment	Water Supply	6,800
	(no dam)	Green Hill Reservoir	Chapel Hill, Queensland				155	34×10^6	41×10^6
	Hinze Dam	Advancetown Lake	South East  – Gold Coast	Nerang River	Embankment	Water supply Flood mitigation	310,730	68.35×10^9	82.09×10^9	28°3′2″S 153°17′2″E / 28.05056°S 153.28389°E / -28.05056; 153.28389 (Hinze Dam)
	Ibis Dam			Ibis Creek	Concrete Gravity	Water Supply	225
	Irvinebank Dam			Gibbs Creek	Timber and Concrete Weir	Water Supply	150
	Julius Dam	Lake Julius		Leichhardt River	Multiple arch concrete buttress	Industrial and Town Water Supply	107,500
	Kidston Dam	Copperfield Dam		Copperfield River	Roller compacted concrete	Water Supply, Recreation, Pumped Hydro	20,600
	Kinchant Dam			Sandy Creek	Earth and rockfill embankment	Irrigation	72,235
	Kroombit Dam			Kroombit Creek	Roller Compacted Concrete	Groundwater Recharge	14,600
	Koombooloomba Dam			Tully River	Concrete Gravity	Hydroelectricity	186,750
	Lake Gregory	Isis Balancing Storage			Earthfill embankment	Irrigation	6,160
	Lake Manchester Dam	Lake Manchester	South East  – Ipswich	Cabbage Tree Creek	Gravity	Water supply Recreation	26,000	5.7×10^9	6.9×10^9	27°29′17″S 152°45′5″E / 27.48806°S 152.75139°E / -27.48806; 152.75139 (Lake Manchester Dam)
	Lenthalls Dam	Lake Lenthall		Burrum River	Earthfill embankment	Water Supply	28,411
	Leslie Dam	Lake Leslie		Sandy Creek	Concrete Gravity	Irrigation and Water Supply	106,250
	Leslie Harrison Dam	Tingalpa Reservoir	South East  – Brisbane	Tingalpa Creek	Embankment	Water supply	13,206	2.905×10^9	3.489×10^9	5.470×10^9	6.569×10^9	27°31′41″S 153°10′49″E / 27.52806°S 153.18028°E / -27.52806; 153.18028 (Leslie Harrison Dam)
	Little Nerang Dam		South East  – Gold Coast	Little Nerang Creek	Gravity	Water supply	8,390	1.85×10^9	2.22×10^9	28°8′37″S 153°17′8″E / 28.14361°S 153.28556°E / -28.14361; 153.28556 (Little Nerang Dam)
	Maroon Dam		South East  – Scenic Rim	Burnett Creek	Embankment	Irrigation	44,300	9.7×10^9	11.7×10^9	28°10′51″S 152°39′25″E / 28.18083°S 152.65694°E / -28.18083; 152.65694 (Maroon Dam)
	Middle Creek Dam			Plane Creek	Earthfill embankment	Water Supply	1,120
	Moogerah Dam	Lake Moogerah	South East  – Fassifern Valley	Reynolds Creek	Arch	Irrigation Water supply	83,700	18.4×10^9	22.1×10^9	28°1′48″S 152°32′56″E / 28.03000°S 152.54889°E / -28.03000; 152.54889 (Moogerah Dam)
	Moondarra Dam	Lake Moondarra		Leichardt River	Concrete-faced rockfill embankment	Mine and urban water supply	106,833
	Meandu Creek Dam			Meandu Creek	Zoned earthfill	Irrigation and power station cooling water	3,000
	North Pine Dam	Lake Samsonvale	South East  – Moreton Bay	North Pine River	Gravity	Water supply	214,302	47.140×10^9	56.613×10^9	27°15′48″S 152°56′12″E / 27.26333°S 152.93667°E / -27.26333; 152.93667 (North Pine Dam)
	Number 7 Dam	Big Dam No 7, Mount Morgan		Dee River	Mass concrete gravity	Water supply	2,830
	Paluma Dam			Swamp Creek	Earth core rock embankment	Water supply	11,830
	Paradise Dam		Wide-Bay	Burnett River	Gravity	Irrigation	300,000	6.6×1010	7.9×1010	25°21′04″S 151°55′10″E
	Perseverance Dam	Lake Perseverance		Perseverance Creek	Zoned earth and rockfill	Water supply	30,140
	Peter Faust Dam	Lake Proserpine	Mackay–Whitsunday	Proserpine River	Embankment	Urban Water Supply, Irrigation & Recreation	491,400	108.1×10^9	129.8×10^9	20.3673°S 148.378°E
	Placer Dam	Perry River Dam		Perry River	Roller compacted concrete embankment	Mine water supply	1,050
	Poona Dam		South East  – Sunshine Coast	South Maroochy River	Embankment	Water storage	655	144×10^6	173×10^6	26°35′46″S 152°54′36″E / 26.59611°S 152.91000°E / -26.59611; 152.91000 (Poona Dam)
	Return Creek Dam	Crooks Dam		Return Creek	Earthfill embankment	Stock water supply and recreation	1,045
	Rifle Creek Dam			Rifle Creek	Concrete arch	Urban and mine water supply	9,500
	Ross River Dam		North - Townsville		Embankment	Water supply Flood mitigation	233,187
	Sideling Creek Dam	Lake Kurwongbah	South East  – Moreton Bay	Sideling Creek	Embankment	Water supply Recreation	14,500	3.2×10^9	3.8×10^9	27°15′28″S 152°57′7″E / 27.25778°S 152.95194°E / -27.25778; 152.95194 (Sideling Creek Dam)
	Six Mile Creek Dam	Lake Macdonald	South East  – Sunshine Coast	Six Mile Creek	Embankment	Water supply Recreation	8,018	1.764×10^9	2.118×10^9	26°22′52″S 152°55′48″E / 26.38111°S 152.93000°E / -26.38111; 152.93000 (Six Mile Creek Dam)
	Solomon Dam		Palm Island			Water Supply
	Somerset Dam	Lake Somerset	South East  – Somerset Region	Stanley River	Gravity	Water supply Flood mitigation Recreation Hydroelectricity	379,849	83.555×10^9	100.345×10^9	199×10^9	239×10^9	27°6′52″S 152°33′25″E / 27.11444°S 152.55694°E / -27.11444; 152.55694 (Somerset Dam)
	Southedge Dam			Mitchell River	Embankment	Recreation and water supply	159,120
	Splityard Creek Dam		South East  – Somerset Region	Pryde Creek	Embankment	Hydroelectricity	28,700	6,300×10^6	7,600×10^6	27°22′16″S 152°38′13″E / 27.37111°S 152.63694°E / -27.37111; 152.63694 (Splityard Creek Dam)
	Stannary Hills Dam			Eureka Creek		Mining	340
	Tallebudgera Creek Dam		South East  – Gold Coast	Tallebudgera Creek	Earthfill embankment	Water supply	360
	Teemburra Dam			Teemburra Creek	Concrete faced rockfill embankment	Irrigation, Urban and Industrial water supply	147,500
	Theresa Creek Dam			Theresa Creek	Concrete gravity	Town water Supply and recreation	9,200
	Tinaroo Dam	Lake Tinaroo		Barron River	Mass concrete gravity	Irrigation	438,920
	Teviot Creek Dam				Roller compacted concrete	Mining	24,000
	Wappa Dam		South East  – Sunshine Coast	South Maroochy River	Gravity	Water supply	4,610	1,010×10^6	1,220×10^6	26°34′12″S 152°55′19″E / 26.57000°S 152.92194°E / -26.57000; 152.92194 (Wappa Dam)
	Wild River Dam	Herberton Dam		Wild River	Earth and rockfill embankment	Town water supply	290
	Wivenhoe Dam	Lake Wivenhoe	South East  – Brisbane/Gold Coast	Brisbane River	Embankment	Water supply Flood mitigation Hydroelectricity Recreation	1,165,238	256.317×10^9	307.823×10^9	27°23′38″S 152°36′28″E / 27.39389°S 152.60778°E / -27.39389; 152.60778 (Wivenhoe Dam)
	Wuruma Dam			Nogo River	Mass concrete gravity	Irrigation and town water supply	165,400
	Wyaralong Dam		South East  – Scenic Rim	Teviot Brook	Gravity	Water supply	102,883	22,631×10^6	27,179×10^6	27°54′33″S 152°52′52″E / 27.90917°S 152.88111°E / -27.90917; 152.88111 (Wyaralong Dam)

Weirs and barrages

South Australia

Adelaide catchment

• Barossa Reservoir – The Whispering Wall
• Clarendon Weir
• Happy Valley Reservoir
• Hope Valley Reservoir
• Kangaroo Creek Reservoir
• Little Para Reservoir
• Millbrook Reservoir
• Mount Bold Reservoir
• Myponga Reservoir
• South Para Reservoir
• Thorndon Park Reservoir (Adelaide's first reservoir, built in 1860, decommissioned and reestablished as a recreational park in 1986)
• Warren Reservoir

Regional South Australia

• Aroona Dam
• Baroota Reservoir
• Beetaloo Reservoir
• Bundaleer Reservoir
• Blue Lake
• Goolwa Barrages
• Hindmarsh Valley
• Middle River Reservoir
• Tod Reservoir

Tasmania

There are 103 dams in Tasmania. Of these, 100 facilities are considered major dams according to the Australian National Committee on Large Dams.

Dams and reservoirs

The largest reservoir in Tasmania is the 12,359-gigalitre (2,719×10^⁹ imp gal; 3,265×10^⁹ US gal) Lake Gordon in the South West region of the state, formed by the Gordon Dam. As of 2015^[update], 44 per cent of all the dams in Tasmania were constructed for the purpose of generating hydro-electricity.

Dams of Tasmania

Image	Dam name (where appropriate)	Reservoir name (where appropriate)	Region(s)	Waterway(s) impounded	Dam type	Purpose(s)	Reservoir capacity			Coordinates
							ML	Gal (Imp.)	Gal (US)
	Anthony Dam	Lake Plimsoll	West Coast	Anthony River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	36,180	7.96×10^9	9.56×10^9
	Anthony Levee			off stream	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	36,180	7.96×10^9	9.56×10^9
	Augusta Dam	Lake Augusta		Ouse River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	23,450	5.16×10^9	6.19×10^9
	Bastyan Dam	Lake Rosebery	West Coast	Pieman River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	123,520	27.17×10^9	32.63×10^9	43°43′48″S 145°31′48″E / 43.73000°S 145.53000°E / -43.73000; 145.53000 (Bastyan Dam)
	Bastyan Levee			off stream	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	123,520	27.17×10^9	32.63×10^9
		Bradys Lake
	Briseis Dam		North East
	Crotty Dam	Lake Burbury	West Coast	King River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	1,081,420	237.88×10^9	285.68×10^9	42°09′35″S 145°37′00″E / 42.15972°S 145.61667°E / -42.15972; 145.61667 (Crotty Dam)
	Cascade Dam		North East	Cascade River						41°10′14″S 147°49′20″E / 41.17056°S 147.82222°E / -41.17056; 147.82222 (Cascade Dam)
	Catagunya Dam	Lake Catagunya	Central Highlands	River Derwent	Gravity	Hydro-electricity	25,640	5.64×10^9	6.77×10^9	42°26′24″S 146°35′24″E / 42.44000°S 146.59000°E / -42.44000; 146.59000 (Catagunya Dam)
	Cethana Dam	Lake Cethana	Northern	Forth River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	112,210	24.68×10^9	29.64×10^9	41°22′47″S 146°08′01″E / 41.37972°S 146.13361°E / -41.37972; 146.13361 (Cethana Dam)
	Clarence Dam
	Clark Dam	Lake King William	Central Highlands	River Derwent	Arch	Hydro-electricity	539,340	118.64×10^9	142.48×10^9	42°15′36″S 146°15′36″E / 42.26000°S 146.26000°E / -42.26000; 146.26000 (Clark Dam)
	Cluny Dam	Cluny Lagoon	Central Highlands	River Derwent	Gravity	Hydro-electricity	4,880	1.07×10^9	1.29×10^9	42°30′00″S 146°40′48″E / 42.50000°S 146.68000°E / -42.50000; 146.68000 (Cluny Dam)
	Craigborne Dam		South	Coal River		Irrigation
		Curries River Reservoir
	Darwin Dam	Lake Burbury	West Coast	off stream	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	1,081,420	237.88×10^9	285.68×10^9	42°12′36″S 145°36′36″E / 42.21000°S 145.61000°E / -42.21000; 145.61000 (Darwin Dam)
	Devils Gate Dam	Lake Barrington	Northern	Forth River	Arch	Hydro-electricity	179,940	39.58×10^9	47.54×10^9	41°20′24″S 146°15′36″E / 41.34000°S 146.26000°E / -41.34000; 146.26000 (Devils Gate Dam)
	Edgar Dam	Lake Pedder	South West	off river	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	2,937,930	646.25×10^9	776.12×10^9	43°01′48″S 146°20′24″E / 43.03000°S 146.34000°E / -43.03000; 146.34000 (Edgar Dam)
	Risdon Zinc Works
	Flagstaff Gully Dam
	Ford Dam
	Frome Dam		North East	Frome River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity				41°08′41″S 147°54′42″E / 41.14472°S 147.91167°E / -41.14472; 147.91167 (Frome Dam)
	Gordon Dam	Lake Gordon	South West	Gordon River	Arch	Hydro-electricity	12,359,040	2,718.61×10^9	3,264.91×10^9	42°43′50″S 145°58′35″E / 42.73056°S 145.97639°E / -42.73056; 145.97639 (Gordon Dam)
	Miena Rockfill Dam	Great Lake	Central Northern	Shannon River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	3,156,640	694.36×10^9	833.90×10^9	41°58′48″S 146°43′48″E / 41.98000°S 146.73000°E / -41.98000; 146.73000 (Miena Dam)
		Guide River Reservoir
	Hall No 2
	Henty Dam		North West	Henty River	Gravity	Hydro-electricity	350	0.077×10^9	0.092×10^9	41°52′48″S 145°32′24″E / 41.88000°S 145.54000°E / -41.88000; 145.54000 (Henty Dam)
		Knights Creek Reservoir
	Lake Echo Dam		Central Highlands	Dee River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	725,490	159.59×10^9	191.65×10^9	42°15′00″S 146°36′36″E / 42.25000°S 146.61000°E / -42.25000; 146.61000 (Lake Echo Dam)
	Laughing Jack Dam	Laughing Jack Lagoon								42°10′35.8″S 146°19′51.7″E / 42.176611°S 146.331028°E / -42.176611; 146.331028 (Laughing Jack Dam)
	Liapootah Dam	Lake Liapootah	Central Highlands	Nive River	Gravity	Hydro-electricity	1,880	0.41×10^9	0.50×10^9	42°18′36″S 146°28′12″E / 42.31000°S 146.47000°E / -42.31000; 146.47000 (Liapootah Dam)
		Limekiln Gully Reservoir
		Lower Reservoir
	Mackintosh Dam	Lake Mackintosh	Western	Mackintosh River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	913,690	200.98×10^9	241.37×10^9	41°41′24″S 145°38′24″E / 41.69000°S 145.64000°E / -41.69000; 145.64000 (Mackintosh Dam)
	Margaret Dam	Lake Margaret	West Coast	Yolande River	Gravity	Hydro-electricity	15,374	3.382×10^9	4.061×10^9	41°59′24″S 145°34′12″E / 41.99000°S 145.57000°E / -41.99000; 145.57000 (Margaret Dam)
	Meadowbank Dam		Central Highlands	River Derwent	Buttress; Embankment	Hydro-electricity	59,650	13.12×10^9	15.76×10^9	42°36′36″S 146°50′24″E / 42.61000°S 146.84000°E / -42.61000; 146.84000 (Meadowbank Dam)
	Meander Dam	Huntsman Lake	Northern	Meander River	Gravity	Irrigation Hydro-electricity	36,000	7.9×10^9	9.5×10^9	41°41′24″S 146°37′12″E / 41.69000°S 146.62000°E / -41.69000; 146.62000 (Meander Dam)
	Monarch Dam		North East	Shallamar Creek
	Mount Paris Dam		North East							41°13′08.4″S 147°51′14.2″E / 41.219000°S 147.853944°E / -41.219000; 147.853944 (Mount Paris Dam)
	Murchison Dam	Lake Murchison	Western	Murchison River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	96,910	21.32×10^9	25.60×10^9	41°46′48″S 145°38′24″E / 41.78000°S 145.64000°E / -41.78000; 145.64000 (Murchison Dam)
	Newton Dam		Western	Newton Creek	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	6,330	1.39×10^9	1.67×10^9	41°54′36″S 145°33′00″E / 41.91000°S 145.55000°E / -41.91000; 145.55000 (Newton Dam)
	Paloona Dam	Lake Paloona	Northern	Forth River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	19,110	4.20×10^9	5.05×10^9	41°16′48″S 146°14′24″E / 41.28000°S 146.24000°E / -41.28000; 146.24000 (Paloona Dam)
		Lake Parangana
	Pet River Scheme
	Pine Tier Dam	Pine Tier Lagoon	Central Highlands	Nive River	Gravity	Hydro-electricity	7,420	1.63×10^9	1.96×10^9	42°06′00″S 146°28′48″E / 42.10000°S 146.48000°E / -42.10000; 146.48000 (Pine Tier Dam)
	Reece Dam	Lake Pieman	West Coast	Pieman River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	300,200	66.0×10^9	79.3×10^9	41°43′12″S 145°07′48″E / 41.72000°S 145.13000°E / -41.72000; 145.13000 (Reece Dam)
	Repulse Dam		Central Highlands	River Derwent	Arch: Embankment	Hydro-electricity	6,330	1.39×10^9	1.67×10^9	42°30′00″S 146°38′24″E / 42.50000°S 146.64000°E / -42.50000; 146.64000 (Repulse Dam)
		Ridgeway Reservoir
		Rileys Creek Reservoir
	Risdon Brook Dam
	Rowallan Dam	Lake Rowallan	Northern	Mersey River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	130,490	28.70×10^9	34.47×10^9	41°43′48″S 146°12′36″E / 41.73000°S 146.21000°E / -41.73000; 146.21000 (Rowallan Dam)
		Lake Samuel
	Scotts Peak Dam	Lake Pedder	South West	Huon River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	2,937,930	646.25×10^9	776.12×10^9	43°01′48″S 146°17′24″E / 43.03000°S 146.29000°E / -43.03000; 146.29000 (Scotts Peak Dam)
	Serpentine Dam			Serpentine River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	2,937,930	646.25×10^9	776.12×10^9	42°46′12″S 145°58′48″E / 42.77000°S 145.98000°E / -42.77000; 145.98000 (Serpentine Dam)
	Stanton Dam
	Taylor No 3
		Tolosa Park Reservoir
	Tullabardine Dam	Lake Mackintosh
	Trevallyn Dam	Lake Trevallyn	Northern	South Esk River	Gravity	Hydro-electricity	12,330	2.71×10^9	3.26×10^9	41°26′24″S 147°04′48″E / 41.44000°S 147.08000°E / -41.44000; 147.08000 (Trevallyn Dam)
	Upper Grassy Dam
		Upper Reservoir
	Wayatinah Dam	Wayatinah Lagoon	Central Highlands	River Derwent	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	8,860	1.95×10^9	2.34×10^9	42°24′00″S 146°29′24″E / 42.40000°S 146.49000°E / -42.40000; 146.49000 (Wayatinah Dam)
	White Spur Dam	White Spur Lake	North West	White Spur Creek	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	1,750	0.38×10^9	0.46×10^9	41°53′24″S 145°31′48″E / 41.89000°S 145.53000°E / -41.89000; 145.53000 (White Spur Dam)
	Wilmot Dam	Lake Gairdner	Northern	Wilmont River	Embankment	Hydro-electricity	8,820	1.94×10^9	2.33×10^9	41°28′12″S 146°04′12″E / 41.47000°S 146.07000°E / -41.47000; 146.07000 (Wilmot Dam)

Victoria

Western Australia

Metropolitan Supply

Great Southern Region

South West Region

See also

• List of dams and reservoirs
• Lakes of Australia
• Lakes and Reservoirs in Melbourne