Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales

Lake Cargelligo (play / le k k r d l o /, locally [ læ k ka d el ]) is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, on Lake Cargelligo. It is in Lachlan Shire. At the 2006 census, Lake Cargelligo had a population of 1,146 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 2001 it had an indigenous population of 220 (18.0%) and a foreign born population of 45 (3.7%). The explorers, John Oxley and George Evans, followed the Lachlan River down to Lake Cargelligo in 1817.... Mehr