Googong Dam is a minor ungated earth and rock fill with clay core embankment dam with concrete chute spillway plus a nearby 13 metres high earthfill saddle embankment across the Queanbeyan River upstream of Queanbeyan in the Capital Country region of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's purpose includes water supply for Canberra and Queanbeyan. The impounded reservoir is called Googong Reservoir.
Googong Dam was created through enabling legislation enacted via the passage of the Canberra Water Supply Act, 1974.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googong_Dam
Map and guide at ACT Government (PDF) http://www.tams.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/392523/Googong_Map_and_Guide_Brochure.pdf
More information at VisitQueanbeyan http://www.visitqueanbeyan.com.au/googong-foreshore
Phone +61 2 6207 2779
Address 462 Googong Road, Googong, NSW 2620, Australia
Coordinates -35°25'3.886" N 149°15'45.965" E
