Wuruma Dam
- Local Government Area
- North Burnett
- Postcode
- 4627
- Population
- 34
- Area
- 354.72 km²
- Coordinates
- -25.1318, 150.9745
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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About Wuruma Dam
Wuruma Dam is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region of Queensland, located about 48 kilometres northwest of Eidsvold and 458 kilometres north-northwest of Brisbane. The locality centres on Lake Wuruma, contained entirely within its boundaries, formed by the Wuruma Dam, a gravity dam across the Nogo River completed in 1969 at a cost of 5.3 million dollars. Standing 44 metres high with a capacity of 194,000 megalitres, the dam supplies water for irrigation and town use for Eidsvold, Mundubbera, and Gayndah, and is stocked with fish requiring a Stocked Impoundment Permit. The surrounding landscape features mountains including Arthurs Knob at 414 metres and Mount Eagle at 391 metres.