> > I could never understand why they weren't proposing to use the Ord River
> > Stage 2 irrigation area NE of Kununurra. I thought this had been given
> the
> > go ahead, but nothing seems to have happened.
> >
I believe that cotton farming was one of the uses planned for the Ord water
when the dam was first built but it didn't happen for some reason or other.
There was even an 8 cent stamp put out in the early seventies or late
sixties in the 'National Development' series depicting cotton growing in
the
Ord area.
Paul Osborn
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