The Winburndale Dam is a concrete gravity and earth-filled embankment dam across the Winburndale Rivulet, located in the central west of New South Wales, Australia. The dam is situated within the Winburndale Nature Reserve, east of Bathurst, New South Wales; and public access to the dam is prohibited.
The dam is high and long. The resultant reservoir draws from an catchment area. The reservoir was a source for the supply of raw water to Bathurst for the watering of parks and industrial use.
After extensive and lengthy investigations of possible dam locations, construction of the Winburndale Dam began in 1931. It was constructed using Unemployment Relief funds during the Great Depression. As part of the construction of Winburndale Dam, a gravity-fed wood stave pipeline was built from the dam to Bathurst.