OUR ILLUSTRATION.
1 L%e r George, the 'largest lake in the colony of Ne\y South Wales, is situated on !th « Southern;. Table Land, on the ; western; side of the Dividing Chain chiefly. Lake Batburst and the Tarrago Lakes are also->in this district. " The formation of freshwater lakes in Australia," says \a comparatively -recent English writer, "presents some curiousphenomena. Lake George, which is generally thought to be the largest lake on the Continent, was not in existence twenty-four years ago. It is-situated'at about' 150 miles from Sydney, at a height of 2000 feet above the ■sea-level, and is twenty-three miles long, seven miles wide, and from twenty-fice to thirty feet deep. . The Rev. R. Abbay attributes the recent and rapid formatiori of this lake-to the killing of the trees which until lately overspread nearly the whole; basin in which it stands."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MIC18820211.2.22.4
Bibliographic details
Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 645, 11 February 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
Word Count
140OUR ILLUSTRATION. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 645, 11 February 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in