Lake King, Western Australia

For the lake in Victoria, Australia, see Gippsland Lakes.
Lake King
Western Australia
Lake King
Population: 219 (2006 Census) [1]
Established: 1936
Postcode: 6356
Elevation: 344 m (1,129 ft)
Location:
LGA: Shire of Lake Grace
State District: Wagin
Federal Division: O'Connor

Lake King is a town located in the Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 464 kilometres (288 mi) from Perth along State Route 107 between Wagin and Ravensthorpe.

Lake King is named after a nearby lake which in turn was named after the Surveyor General of Western Australia, Henry Sanford King, by Marshall Fox, the surveyor from Narrogin.

Settlers began arriving in the area in 1928 shortly after the area was surveyed and land was released. The town struggled through the depression but thrived in the postwar years on the back of high wool and wheat prices.[2]

The Lake King Progress Association lobbyed the government to declare a townsite in 1935 and the town was gazetted in 1936.[3]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Lake King (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC54491&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-09-30. 
  2. ^ "The history of Lake King". 2006. http://www.lakeking.com.au/history.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-29. 
  3. ^ Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of country town names". http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+country+town+names. Retrieved 2008-09-30.