Lake Buloke

Lake Buloke
Lake Buloke
Location in Victoria
Location Wimmera, Victoria
Coordinates 36°19′26.5″S 142°55′54.5″E / 36.324028°S 142.931806°E / -36.324028; 142.931806Coordinates: 36°19′26.5″S 142°55′54.5″E / 36.324028°S 142.931806°E / -36.324028; 142.931806
Type Eutrophic
Primary inflows Richardson River
Primary outflows Evaporation
Basin countries Australia
Surface area 4,300 ha (11,000 acres)
References [1][2]

Lake Buloke is a eutrophic lake in the Wimmera region of north-western Victoria, Australia. The lake is fed by the Richardson River and is located adjacent to the township of Donald. Lake Buloke is also one of the most popular duck shooting lakes in Victoria but due to dry years in Victoria there hasn't been duck shooting at the lake since 2013.

In the indigenous Jardwadjali language, the river is named Banyenong, with banye meaning the "burning of roots and stumps" and nong meaning "the past;" and also named Buluk, meaning "lake." In the 1870s, the lake was known as Lake Banyenong, as buloke was a word meaning lake.[3][4][5]

The Shire of Buloke derives its name from the lake.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lake Buloke (VIC)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  2. ↑ "Map of Lake Buloke, VIC". Bonzle Digiral Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Lake Buloke (entry )". VICNAMES. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Smyth, Robert Brough (1878). The Aborigines of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 176.
  5. ↑ Clark, Ian; Heydon, Tony (2011). "Lake Buloke". Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages.


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