Lake Bathurst (New South Wales)
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Lake Bathurst from space shuttle(1985) is at top of photo
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| Location | New South Wales |
| Coordinates | 35°03′S 149°44′E / 35.050°S 149.733°ECoordinates: 35°03′S 149°44′E / 35.050°S 149.733°E |
| Basin countries | Australia |
| Surface area | 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi) |
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Lake Bathurst New South Wales |
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 Lake Bathurst
Location in New South Wales
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| Coordinates | 35°00′57″S 149°39′02″E / 35.01583°S 149.65056°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 228 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2580 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Goulburn Mulwaree Council | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Southern Tablelands | ||||||||||||||
| County | Argyle | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Covan | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Goulburn | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Hume | ||||||||||||||
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Lake Bathurst (Aboriginal: Bundong) is a shallow lake located 27 kilometres (17 mi) south-east of Goulburn, New South Wales in Australia. It is also the name of a nearby locality in the Goulburn Mulwaree Council.
The surface area of the lake can vary from 2 square kilometres (0.77 sq mi) up to 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi), depending on the inflow and evaporation rates.
The lake was named by surveyor James Meehan in honour of Earl Bathurst, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the nearby village was named after the lake.
The lake is an important site for Australasian shovellers. A 19 square kilometres (7.3 sq mi) area of the lake and its immediate surrounds has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it regularly supports significant numbers of near threatened blue-billed ducks and over 1% of the world population of Australasian shovellers. It is an important drought refuge, sometimes supporting over 1% of the world populations of freckled ducks, black swans, chestnut teals and sharp-tailed sandpipers.
Lake Bathurst is also the name of a very small village, located on the Goulburn-Braidwood Road, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the lake. At the 2016 census, the Lake Bathurst area had a population of 228.
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