Red Lake, Western Australia
| Red Lake Western Australia | |
|---|---|
  Red Lake | |
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| Coordinates | 33°08′58″S 121°42′33″E / 33.14942°S 121.70917°E |
| Established | 1922 |
| Postcode(s) | 6446 |
| Area | 1.39 km2 (0.54 sq mi) |
| Location | |
| LGA(s) | Shire of Esperance |
| State electorate(s) | Roe |
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor |
Red Lake is an abandoned town in the Shire of Esperance in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It is situated within the locality of Grass Patch, on the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway.[1][2]
The townsite is on the traditional land of the Kalaako people, who are also referred to as the Malba or Malpa, a name given to them by the Wudjari people to the south in reference to their customs, meaning they were circumcised and subincised.[3][4]
Originally selected as a siding on the Norseman to Esperance railway in 1916, Red Lake was gazetted as a townsite in 1922.[5][6] An official 1922 map of the townsite shows the town west of the telegraph line and consisted of the north-south running Stephenson and Duke Streets and the east-west running Taylor Street, with 32 blocks off land allocated along them.[7]
The Red Lake Townsite Nature Reserve, gazetted on 14 March 1969 with a size of 0.76 square kilometres (0.29 sq mi), now occupies the western part of the townsite. It is located in the Mallee bioregion.[2][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ a b "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ "Kalaako (WA)". samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ "History of country town names – R". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ "Railway map of Western Australia 1946". Trove. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys (1922). "Townsite of Red Lake" (Map). Townsite of Red Lake. Perth: Dept. of Lands & Surveys W.A., 1922. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- ^ "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 24 December 2024.