PROPERTY IN WATER. XXIII... 
But in any case there can be no reasonable doubt aS to 
the right of each State to conserve and utilize the water 
flowing off its own territory. The claim of South Australia 
can only extend to the normal flow of two inter-state 
rivers, the Murray and the Darling. The feeders of these 
main streams are not under any common jurisdiction. 
Victoria is fully justified in the undertakings already 
carried out, or proposed, for intercepting the flow of 
tributary streams, such as the Goulburn-or Campaspe, and 
turning the water on to the land. The great scheme of 
the Murrumbidgee dam and irrigating canal is entirely 
within the control of New South Wales. No other State 
has any right to interfere. 
Much has been said in favour of compromise in the 
settlement of these differences, but even compromise 
must be based on some general principles. Compromise 
should never be allowed to over-ride the natural and 
inalienable rights of a community to one of its most 
precious resources. Hach State should safeguard its own 
property, which is none the less important because it is 
only Property in Water. 
