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Wagin Lake
Wagin Lake is a usually dry salt lake in the Wheatbelt (Western Australia), Wheatbelt region of Western Australia located on the southern edge of the town of Wagin, Western Australia, Wagin and about south east of Perth, Western Australia, Perth. The lake is bordered on the western side by the Wagin Lake Nature Reserve, which occupies an area of . The traditional owners of the area are the Noongar peoples in the Gnaala Karla Booja region (the Pindjarup, Wiilman and Kaneang, Ganeang dialectical groups). There are a number of Aboriginal sites throughout the shire, including around the lake. The lake's name is of Noongar origin, and was first recorded by a surveyor in 1869-72. It means "place of emus", or "site of the foot tracks from when the emu sat down". The town takes its name from the lake. The lake is part of a chain of wetlands situated along major ancient drainage lines in the area that run from Dumbleyung, Western Australia, Dumbleyung in the north to south of Wagin. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of . It is the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. the state has 2.76 million inhabitants percent of the national total. The vast majority (92 percent) live in the south-west corner; 79 percent of the population lives in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated. The first Europeans to visit Western Australia belonged to the Dutch Dirk Hartog expedition, who visited the Western Australian coast in 1616. The first permanent European colony of Western Australia occurred following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
