The Goodradigbee River is in south-eastern New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It flows into Burrinjuck Dam

Burrinjuck Dam

Burrinjuck Dam is a high, concrete gravity dam on the Murrumbidgee River approximately 60 km from Yass, New South Wales, Australia. The Yass and Goodradigbee Rivers flow into the dam. The dam divides the upper and lower catchment of the Murrumbidgee and is the headwater storage for the...

 and thus is a tributary of the Murrumbidgee River

Murrumbidgee River

The Murrumbidgee River is a major river in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory . A major tributary of the Murray River, the Murrumbidgee flows in a west-northwesterly direction from the foot of Peppercorn Hill in the Fiery Range of the Snowy Mountains,...

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The Goodradigbee River originates near Tantangara Reservoir

Tantangara Reservoir

Tantangara Reservoir is a dam constructed as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme in New South Wales, Australia....

 at an altitude of 1,260 m and flows north into the Burrinjuck Reservoir. The majority of the catchment (95%) is forested with the upper catchment within the Kosciuszko National Park

Kosciuszko National Park

Kosciuszko National Park covers 690,000 hectares and contains mainland Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko for which it is named, and Cabramurra the highest town in Australia...

. The catchment is 110,100 ha in area. Some water from the upper reaches of the river is diverted into Tantangara Reservoir via an aqueduct, but otherwise the river is not dammed. In 1968 the National Capital Development Commission

National Capital Development Commission

The National Capital Development Commission was an Australian Commonwealth Government body created to complete the establishment of Canberra as the seat of government. It was created in 1957 through the National Capital Development Commission Act 1957.Under the control of the NCDC Canberra grew...

 considered building a dam at Brindabella Valley

Brindabella Valley

The Brindabella Valley is located midway along the Goodradigbee River in the south of New South Wales, Australia.The valley is framed by the Brindabella Ranges and Fiery Mountain Ranges, most notably by Mount Bramina and Bulls Head in the north and Black Bottle Mountain and Mount Franklin in the...

 for the purpose of sending water into the Cotter River

Cotter River

The Cotter River is a fresh water river in the Australian Capital Territory. It is a tributary of the Murrumbidgee River and part of Murray-Darling Basin. The Cotter River is one of two rivers—the Queanbeyan River is the other—that meet the water supply needs of the Canberra and...

 via a tunnel.

The bridge over the Goodradigbee at Wee Jasper

Wee Jasper, New South Wales

Wee Jasper is a village of about 80 people in the Goodradigbee valley at the western foot of the Brindabella Ranges, near Burrinjuck Dam in New South Wales, Australia in Yass Valley Shire. It is located 35 km north-west of Canberra and 54 km south-west of Yass.Wee Jasper Post Office was first...

 was completed in 1896

1896 in Australia

See also:1895 in Australia,other events of 1896,1897 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history.-Governors of the Australian colonies:*Governor of New South Wales – Henry Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden...

. It is heritage listed as being an early example of an Allan type

Percy Allan

Percy Allan was a civil engineer who had responsibility for the design of a large number of public works in New South Wales, including the design of 583 bridges.- Early life :...

timber truss road bridge.