Ord River Irrigation Area - Weaber Plain Development Project Environmental Management Program

Authors

Stratagen
Landcorp

Files

Description

The State of Western Australia and Kimberley Agricultural Investment Pty Ltd (KAI) have commenced developing land for irrigated agriculture across the Weaber Plain, located north-northeast of Kununurra in the eastern Kimberley region of WA (Figure 1). The Weaber Plain is immediately northeast of the existing Ord River Irrigation Area (ORIA), with proposed development representing the second stage of the ORIA scheme. The development (the ‘Project area’) forms part of the M2 Area, which comprises over 76 000 ha (including Buffer Areas) across the Weaber, Keep River and Knox Creek plains and extends to the Keep River estuary in the Northern Territory (Figure 2). The development is centred on a new major irrigation channel (the ‘M2 channel’), which initially extends from a point partway along the existing M1 channel.

The M2 channel is proposed to eventually extend from Lake Kununurra alongside the M1 channel. The land within and surrounding the Weaber Plain Development Area is of traditional and current significance to Aboriginal people, who continue to maintain a strong cultural identity and attachment to the land. The traditional owners of land within the Weaber Plain area are the Miriuwung and Gajerrong people. The Weaber Plain development includes the farmland referred to as the Goomig Farm Area, in line with a naming recommendation from the Traditional Owners.

Publication Date

10-2013

Publisher

State of Western Australia (Department of State Development)

Disciplines

Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment | Environmental Monitoring

Recommended Citation

Stratagen, and Landcorp. (2013), Ord River Irrigation Area - Weaber Plain Development Project Environmental Management Program. State of Western Australia (Department of State Development), Perth. Book.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/rd_plans/15