Lake Cargelligo

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...