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Agency:
Cressy-Longford Irrigation Water District Advisory Committee
Agency Number:
Start Date:
30 Apr 1970
Description:
A public meeting was held on 30 April 1970 and addressed by the Minister for Lands and Works, the Hon. Wilfred Barker. A committee was subsequently formed as a pilot committee to advise on planning and implementation of the Cressy-Longford Irrigation Scheme, which had secured Commonwealth funding assistance. A permanent committee was to follow. ;;The Committee did not report to a Minister and was not set up under any formal instrument and is therefore considered a non-government agency, even though it received support from the Rivers and Water Supply Commission and Department of Agriculture. It had its own constitution and held formal annual general meetings.;;The first committee meeting was held on 14 May 1970 and chaired by Joe Piscioneri, engineer from the Commission. It comprised 5 landholders with water allocations within the irrigation district. ;;The Scheme officially opened in March 1974 and was the first major irrigation project established in Tasmania.;;It is not known when the committee ceased to function.
Information Sources:
Minutes; Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No 62, 1977;;;Cressy-Longford Irrigation Act 1969, Cressy-Longford Irrigation Water Act 1972;;
Functions Performed:
Tasmanian community
Rivers and Water Supply Commission (TA164)01 Nov 195701 Jul 2011
Series Created By Agency:
NS5961 Minutes of Meetings14 May 197007 Jan 1974