Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales
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Lake Cargelligo New South Wales |
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 Lake Cargelligo
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| Coordinates | 33°18′0″S 146°22′0″E / 33.30000°S 146.36667°ECoordinates: 33°18′0″S 146°22′0″E / 33.30000°S 146.36667°E |
| Population | 1,380 (2011 census) |
| Postcode(s) | 2672 |
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| LGA(s) | Lachlan Shire |
| State electorate(s) | Barwon |
| Federal Division(s) | Parkes |
Lake Cargelligo (/ˌleɪk kɑːrˈdʒɛlᵻɡoʊ/, locally [ˌlæɪk kaːˈdʒeləɡəʉ]) is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, on Lake Cargelligo. It is in Lachlan Shire. At the 2011 census, Lake Cargelligo had a population of 1,380 people. Its name is said to be a corruption of the Aboriginal word 'Kartjellakoo' meaning 'he had a coolamon'. A coolamon is a shallow wooden dish. Alternatively it is derived from Wiradhuri and Ngiyambaa "gajal" for water container with suffix "lugu" for "her" or "his". In 2011 it had an indigenous population of 236 (17.1%) and an Australian born population of 1,241 (89.7%).
The explorers, John Oxley and George Evans, followed the Lachlan River down to Lake Cargelligo in 1817. Lake Cargelligo was known as Cudgelligo (or sometimes Cudgellico) in the 1800s and was officially changed when the railway arrived in 1917. Lake Cargelligo has gone to become an agricultural community with many agricultural related businesses in the town serving the large amount of wheat, sheep, beef, barley and canola farms. Lake Cargelligo has also has a very avid Water Skiing culture due to the lake and how the town surrounds it with many boat access/ boat ramp points.
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