Berembed Weir

Berembed Weir, also known as Berembed Diversion Weir, is a heritage-listed reservoir and historical structure located on the Murrumbidgee River at Matong, City of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.

It was designed by Ernest de Burgh and built from 1909 to 1910 by the New South Wales Department of Public Works. The weir was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

Berembed Diversion Weir was the main weir built under the Barren Jack and Murrumbidgee Canals Construction Act 1906. It was designed to divert water from the Murrumbidgee River into the Main Canal via an off-take regulator. The Rivers Water Supply & Drainage Branch of the New South Wales Department of Public Works designed and supervised its construction in 1909-10. The name "Berembed" was chosen due to its Aboriginal translation of "a heap of rocks," reflecting the low hills near the river that stood above flood levels and a wide granite bar under the river bed and banks. The Diversion Weir consists of a weir proper with 55 collapsible Chanoine wooden wickets, a lock chamber capable of accommodating barges or steamers up to 100 ft. (30.48m) long, and a sluiceway with an off-take regulator built at a right angle to the weir at the head of the Main Canal. In 1976-7, the weir underwent refurbishment, with the wooden wickets being replaced by fixed concrete extending across two-thirds of the river's width newline.