Red Lake, Western Australia
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A 1922 map of the townsite of Red Lake | |
Red Lake Location of Red Lake and the Red Lake Townsite Nature Reserve | |
Interactive map of Red Lake | |
| Coordinates: 33°08′58″S 121°42′33″E / 33.14942°S 121.70917°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Western Australia |
| LGA | |
| Location | |
| Established | 1922 |
| Government | |
| • State electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.39 km2 (0.54 sq mi) |
| Postcode | 6446 |
Red Lake is an abandoned town in the Shire of Esperance in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It is situated within the locality of Grass Patch, on the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway.
The townsite is on the traditional land of the Kalaako people, who are also referred to as the Malba or Malpa, a name given to them by the Wudjari people to the south.
Originally selected as a siding on the Norseman to Esperance railway in 1916, Red Lake was gazetted as a townsite in 1922. An official 1922 map of the townsite shows the town west of the telegraph line and consisted of the north-south running Stephenson and Duke Streets and the east-west running Taylor Street, with 32 blocks of land allocated along them.
The Red Lake Townsite Nature Reserve, gazetted on 14 March 1969 with a size of 0.76 square kilometres (0.29 mi2), now occupies the western part of the townsite. It is located in the Mallee bioregion.