List of lakes of Australia

There are not many natural freshwater lakes in Australia. This is because there was not a lot of glacial or tectonic activity in Australia.

Types

their are six main types of lake in Australia:

  • coastal lakes and lagoons including perched lakes;
  • natural freshwater inland lakes. These are often ephemeral and part of wetland or swamp areas;
  • glacial lakes
  • salt lakes, usually dry, in the flat desert regions of the country.
  • lakes which have formed in the remains of volcanoes.
  • lakes made for water storage and other purposes.

A list of the notable lakes in Australia includes:

Coastal lakes and lagoons

Lake name State/territory
Lake Alexandrina South Australia
Avoca Lake New South Wales
Blue Lake Queensland
Brown Lake Queensland
Lake Broadwater
Budgewoi Lake New South Wales
Lake Como Queensland
Lake Cooloola
Lake Cooroibah
Lake Cootharaba Queensland
Lake Bonney South Australia
Dee Why Lagoon New South Wales
Gippsland Lakes Victoria
Glenrock Lagoon New South Wales
Lake Illawarra New South Wales
Mallacoota Inlet
Lake Macquarie New South Wales
Lake Munmorah New South Wales
Myall Lakes New South Wales
Narrabeen Lagoon New South Wales
Orielton Lagoon Tasmania
Smiths Lake New South Wales
St Georges Basin New South Wales and
the Jervis Bay Territory
Tabourie Lake New South Wales
Terrigal Lagoon New South Wales
Tuggerah Lake New South Wales
Lake Victoria New South Wales
Wallis Lake New South Wales
Wamberal Lagoon New South Wales
Lake Weyba Queensland
Lake Wollumboola New South Wales
Wonboyn Lake New South Wales

Perched lakes

Lake name State/territory
Lake McKenzie Queensland
Lake Wobby Queensland

Freshwater lakes

Lake name State/territory
Lake Awoonga Queensland
Lake Bathurst New South Wales
Lake Batyo Catyo Victoria
Blue Lake New South Wales
Boobera Lagoon Queensland
Lake Bonney (Riverland) South Australia
Lake Bryde-East Lake Bryde Western Australia
Lake Colac Victoria
Corella Lake Northern Territory
Lake Cowal New South Wales
Lake Dunn Queensland
Lake Elphinstone Queensland
Lake George New South Wales
Glenbrook Lagoon New South Wales
Lake Hindmarsh Victoria
Lake Magenta Western Australia
Lake Miranda South Australia
Menindee Lakes New South Wales
Narran Lakes New South Wales
Lake Nuga Nuga Queensland
Tarrabool Lake Northern Territory
Lake Sylvester Northern Territory
Lake St Clair Tasmania
Wallaga Lake New South Wales
Lake Woytchugga New South Wales

Glacial lakes

Lake name State/territory
Blue Lake New South Wales
Club Lake Australian Antarctic Territory
Dove Lake Tasmania
Headley Tarn
Lake Albina New South Wales
Lake Cootapatamba New South Wales
Lake Selina Tasmania

Salt lakes

Lake name State/territory
Lake Amadeus Northern Territory
Lake Barlee Western Australia
Lake Buchanan Queensland
Lake Cadibarrawirracanna South Australia
Lake Carey Western Australia
Lake Disappointment Western Australia
Dumbleyung Lake Western Australia
Lake Dundas Western Australia
Lake Eyre South Australia
Lake Frome South Australia
Lake Gairdner South Australia
Lake Galilee Queensland
Lake Gregory South Australia
Goyder Lagoon South Australia
Hutt Lagoon Western Australia
Lake Hart South Australia
Island Lake
Lake Lefroy Western Australia
Murtnaghurt Lagoon Victoria
Lake Mungo New South Wales
Lake Torrens South Australia
Lake Urana New South Wales
Willandra Lakes New South Wales
Lake Yamma Yamma Queensland

Volcanic lakes

Lake name State/territory
Blue Lake South Australia
Lake Barrine Queensland
Lake Eacham Queensland
Lake Euramoo Queensland
Valley Lake South Australia
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