Place Names Register Extract

Lake Mackay

Extract date: 15/03/2025

Name	Lake Mackay
Type Designation	Locality
Place Id	22361
Place Type	Administrative Area
Status	Registered
Date Registered	3 April 2007
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -22° 34' S (Decimal degrees -22.568)
	Longitude: 129° 49' E (Decimal degrees 129.8295)
Locality / Suburb
	(None Found)
Local Government Area
	Central Desert Shire Council
History/Origin	This locality is named after the intermittent lake feature on the Northern Territory / Western Australian borbder. Lake Mackay was named by the Federal Minister for Interior in 1934 after Donald Mackay who had conducted an Aerial Expedition in the area in 1930. Local Aboriginals refer to the feature as "Wilkin Karra?.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
03/04/2007		Date of Registration
04/04/2007	NTG 14	Notice of Naming

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