cockatoo". Maude Weir During 1939-40 a weir was erected on the river at Maude by the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Authority. Its purpose was to divert water onto the lower bidgee flood plain, and to compensate landholders for the lack of natural floods after Burrinjuck Dam was built. Later developments In 1976 the village of Maude consisted of "about five houses". Public facilities in the town were the Post Office Hotel (usually known as 'the Maude Pub’), a school, recreation oval, service station, tennis courts and a bridge over the Murrumbidgee. Hells Gate Hells Gate is a beef cattle feedlot of on the north side of the Sturt Highway in the Maude region. The property, of which is under irrigation, has been in the Paterson family since the 1960s. References External links Hay Historical Society homepage External links Towns in the Riverina Towns in New South Wales Populated places on the Murrumbidgee River 1861 establishments in Australia Hay Shire