List of lakes of Australia

There are not many natural freshwater lakes in Australia. This is because there was not a lot of glacial or tectonic activity in Australia.

Types

their are six main types of lake in Australia:

coastal lakes and lagoons including perched lakes;
natural freshwater inland lakes. These are often ephemeral and part of wetland or swamp areas;
glacial lakes
salt lakes, usually dry, in the flat desert regions of the country.
lakes which have formed in the remains of volcanoes.
lakes made for water storage and other purposes.

A list of the notable lakes in Australia includes:

Tuggerah Lake as viewed from Kanwal, New South Wales, 2006.

Lake name	State/territory
Lake Alexandrina	South Australia
Avoca Lake	New South Wales
Blue Lake	Queensland
Brown Lake	Queensland
Lake Broadwater
Budgewoi Lake	New South Wales
Lake Como	Queensland
Lake Cooloola
Lake Cooroibah
Lake Cootharaba	Queensland
Lake Bonney	South Australia
Dee Why Lagoon	New South Wales
Gippsland Lakes	Victoria
Glenrock Lagoon	New South Wales
Lake Illawarra	New South Wales
Mallacoota Inlet
Lake Macquarie	New South Wales
Lake Munmorah	New South Wales
Myall Lakes	New South Wales
Narrabeen Lagoon	New South Wales
Orielton Lagoon	Tasmania
Smiths Lake	New South Wales
St Georges Basin	New South Wales and the Jervis Bay Territory
Tabourie Lake	New South Wales
Terrigal Lagoon	New South Wales
Tuggerah Lake	New South Wales
Lake Victoria	New South Wales
Wallis Lake	New South Wales
Wamberal Lagoon	New South Wales
Lake Weyba	Queensland
Lake Wollumboola	New South Wales
Wonboyn Lake	New South Wales

Lake McKenzie on Fraser Island, Queensland is a perched lake, 2004.

Lake name	State/territory
Lake McKenzie	Queensland
Lake Wobby	Queensland

Menindee Lakes, in New South Wales, viewed from 16,000 feet (4,900 m), 2009.

Lake Cootapatamba, New South Wales, 2008.

Lake name	State/territory
Blue Lake	New South Wales
Club Lake	Australian Antarctic Territory
Dove Lake	Tasmania
Headley Tarn
Lake Albina	New South Wales
Lake Cootapatamba	New South Wales
Lake Selina	Tasmania

Lake Buchanan, Queensland, as seen from space, 2010.

Lake Eyre, South Australia, 2007.

Lake Mungo, part of the Willandra Lakes, New South Wales, 2005.