Lake Wendouree Bishops Castle

Lake Wendouree is an artificially created and maintained shallow urban lake located adjacent to the suburb of the same name in the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The name Wendouree comes from a local Aboriginal word wendaaree which means 'go away': a story is told that when settler William Cross Yuille asked a local Indigenous woman w…
Lake Wendouree is an artificially created and maintained shallow urban lake located adjacent to the suburb of the same name in the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The name Wendouree comes from a local Aboriginal word wendaaree which means 'go away': a story is told that when settler William Cross Yuille asked a local Indigenous woman what the name of the swamp was, that was her reply.
  • Location: Ballarat, Victoria
  • Primary inflows: Gong Gong Reservoir; various
  • Primary outflows: Gnarr Creek outlet; evaporation
  • Basin countries: Australia
  • Max. length: 2 km (1.2 mi)
  • Max. width: 1.4 km (0.87 mi)
  • Surface area: 2.38 km² (0.92 sq mi)
Data from: en.wikipedia.org