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497:boat ramp
446:SEQ Water
442:Bill Gunn
422:Lake Dyer
418:reservoir
406:Australia
268:Lake Dyer
260:Reservoir
163:SEQ Water
78:Australia
1472:SunWater
1467:seqwater
1255:Kinchant
1245:Eungella
1207:Number 7
1197:Kroombit
1142:Paradise
1019:Glenlyon
999:Connolly
976:Wivenhoe
961:Somerset
931:Moogerah
891:Enoggera
856:Atkinson
756:Archived
738:28 April
732:Archived
701:Archived
699:. 2010.
658:Victoria
614:Archived
612:. 2014.
610:Seqwater
542:See also
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518:, while
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388:located
384:with an
186:Impounds
83:Location
1614:Commons
1382:Kidston
1365:Corella
1275:Solomon
1182:Callide
1090:Borumba
707:23 June
620:26 June
508:stocked
485:drought
434:Laidley
412:of the
396:in the
355:Website
265:Creates
133:Purpose
75:Country
1260:Paluma
1235:Bamboo
1152:Wuruma
1147:Placer
1080:Boobir
1024:Leslie
926:Maroon
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374:is an
206:Length
198:Height
143:Status
1095:Cania
1004:Cooby
971:Wappa
946:Poona
906:Hinze
687:Excel
510:with
1303:Ibis
831:and
829:Dams
740:2008
709:2014
662:ISBN
622:2014
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