Burrinjuck is a village community in the far eastern part of the Riverina

Riverina

The Riverina is an agricultural region of south-western New South Wales , Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply of water for irrigation. This combination has allowed the Riverina to develop...

. It is situated by road, about 15 kilometres southwest from Woolgarlo

Woolgarlo, New South Wales

Woolgarlo is a rural property on the foreshores of the Yass River Arm of Lake Burrinjuck, in the far eastern part of the Riverina in Australia. It is situated by road, about 15 kilometres north east from Burrinjuck and 17 kilometres south east from Bookham....

 and 28 kilometres south from Bookham

Bookham, New South Wales

Bookham is a small village in the Southern Tablelands and Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia in Yass Valley Shire. It is about 29 km west of Yass on the Hume Highway...

. The name of the town is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning 'mountain with a rugged top'.

The village is situated on the western side of 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...

 which holds water from 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,...

 and which was constructed between 1907 and 1928 (with World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

interfering with the timing of the construction).

Barren Jack Post Office opened on 23 May 1907, was renamed Burrinjuck in 1911, and closed in 1979.