Wungong Dam

About

The Wungong Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam across the Wungong Brook, located in the Darling Range, in Western Australia. It is situated 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Churchman Brook Dam.

The creation of the dam was announced in March 1923 by Premier James Mitchell as part of the Hills Water Supply Scheme, along with Churchman Brook Dam and Canning Dam. The scheme was intended to rectify severe water shortages in metropolitan Perth. A pipehead dam was built on the brook in 1925 and construction of the current dam commenced in 1975. A number of farms that had been established within the catchment of the dam were resumed and their built infrastructure demolished. The completed dam was opened in 1979.

The dam is 65 metres (213 ft) high and 460 metres (1,510 ft) long. The resultant 59.8- gigalitre (15.8-billion-US-gallon) reservoir draws from a 132-square-kilometre (51 sq mi) catchment area.

The dam is on the City of Armadale's heritage list, having been registered on 1 December 2008.