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Lake Cargelligo
town, New South Wales, Australia
Lake Cargelligo, town, central New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on Lake Cargelligo, near the Lachlan River, in the fertile Riverina district. In 1817 British explorer John Oxley was the first European to visit the lake. The first settler (1842) on the site of the present town named it Gagellaga Run, derived from an Aboriginal term meaning “large lake.” The present name was adopted in 1848. Formally established as a settlement in 1879 during a gold rush and proclaimed a town in 1918, Lake Cargelligo is connected to Sydney by rail (280 miles [450 km] east) and serves a ...(100 of 186 words)