Lake Macdonald, Queensland
This article is about the suburb located on the Queensland Sunshine Coast. For the adjacent dam and reservoir, also called Lake Macdonald, see Six Mile Creek Dam.
| Lake Macdonald Sunshine Coast, Queensland | |||||||||||||
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| Population | 1,129 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4563 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 23 km (14 mi) W of Noosa Heads | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Noosa | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Noosa, Nicklin | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Wide Bay | ||||||||||||
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Coordinates: 26°23′24″S 152°56′20″E / 26.39°S 152.939°E
Lake Macdonald is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is within the local government area of Shire of Noosa (between 2008 and 2013 it was within Sunshine Coast Region).
Located adjacent to the suburb is the Six Mile Creek Dam, a rock and earth-fill embankment dam across the Six Mile Creek that impounds the reservoir, called Lake Macdonald. The main purpose of the reservoir is for potable water supply of the Sunshine Coast region and for recreation.[2]
References
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Lake Macdonald (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ↑ "Register of Large Dams in Australia" (Excel (requires download)). Dams information. Australian National Committee on Large Dams. 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
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