Dimond Gorge
Dimond Gorge is a
Fitzroy River, Western Australia, within Mornington Sanctuary
.
Features
Fauna
The Short-eared rock-wallaby is a known inhabitant of Dimond Gorge.
River level gauging
The
Department of Water maintain an operating gauging station in the gorge and the current river level can be ascertained here
History
Dimond Gorge was considered as a location for the peaceful use of nuclear explosions in the 1960s.[1][2][3]
There have been several proposals to dam the Fitzroy River at Dimond Gorge to serve as a water source for agriculture in the Kimberley and as a source for
In 2023, the
Reference
- ISSN 0519-4849
- ISSN 0007-4039
- ^ Holmes, Robert S; Kurtz, Maurice K; Kleist, Erwin H; U.S. Army Engineer Nuclear Cratering Group (1967), Conceptual study : dam construction in Dimond Gorge, Western Australia, U.S. Army Engineer Nuclear Cratering Group, Lawrence Radiation laboratory, University of California, retrieved 8 September 2023
- ISSN 0310-2939
- ISBN 978-1-921895-14-2
- ISSN 0007-4039
- ^ "Milestone for Fitzroy River". www.dbca.wa.gov.au. Government of Western Australia. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Halfway milestone for WA's Plan for Our Parks initiative". www.wa.gov.au. Government of Western Australia. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.