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.
This list is not complete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) |
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:
Coastal lakes and lagoons
Lake name | State/territory |
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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 |
Perched lakes
Lake name | State/territory |
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Lake McKenzie | Queensland |
Lake Wobby | Queensland |
Freshwater lakes
Lake name | State/territory |
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Lake Awoonga | Queensland |
Lake Bathurst | New South Wales |
Lake Batyo Catyo | Victoria |
Blue Lake | New South Wales |
Boobera Lagoon | Queensland |
Lake Bonney (Riverland) | South Australia |
Lake Bryde-East Lake Bryde | Western Australia |
Lake Colac | Victoria |
Corella Lake | Northern Territory |
Lake Cowal | New South Wales |
Lake Dunn | Queensland |
Lake Elphinstone | Queensland |
Lake George | New South Wales |
Glenbrook Lagoon | New South Wales |
Lake Hindmarsh | Victoria |
Lake Magenta | Western Australia |
Lake Miranda | South Australia |
Menindee Lakes | New South Wales |
Narran Lakes | New South Wales |
Lake Nuga Nuga | Queensland |
Tarrabool Lake | Northern Territory |
Lake Sylvester | Northern Territory |
Lake St Clair | Tasmania |
Wallaga Lake | New South Wales |
Lake Woytchugga | New South Wales |
Glacial lakes
Lake name | State/territory |
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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 |
Salt lakes
Lake name | State/territory |
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Lake Amadeus | Northern Territory |
Lake Barlee | Western Australia |
Lake Buchanan | Queensland |
Lake Cadibarrawirracanna | South Australia |
Lake Carey | Western Australia |
Lake Disappointment | Western Australia |
Dumbleyung Lake | Western Australia |
Lake Dundas | Western Australia |
Lake Eyre | South Australia |
Lake Frome | South Australia |
Lake Gairdner | South Australia |
Lake Galilee | Queensland |
Lake Gregory | South Australia |
Goyder Lagoon | South Australia |
Hutt Lagoon | Western Australia |
Lake Hart | South Australia |
Island Lake | |
Lake Lefroy | Western Australia |
Murtnaghurt Lagoon | Victoria |
Lake Mungo | New South Wales |
Lake Torrens | South Australia |
Lake Urana | New South Wales |
Willandra Lakes | New South Wales |
Lake Yamma Yamma | Queensland |
Volcanic lakes
Lake name | State/territory |
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Blue Lake | South Australia |
Lake Barrine | Queensland |
Lake Eacham | Queensland |
Lake Euramoo | Queensland |
Valley Lake | South Australia |