LAKE KING

HEMA Map reference 75/F9

33° 05' 25" S 119° 41' 12" E

Statistics

Caravan Parks

Lake King               08 9838 0052

Attractions

Lake King Causeway, Community church, Roe Hill Lookout.

Services

Unknown

Buildings of note

Unknown

Calendar of events

Unknown

Description

Local residents requested that a town site be gazetted here in 1935 and after some initial resistance it was approved in 1936.

Like Lake Grace this town is named after a nearby lake which was also named by Marshall Fox, the District Surveyor. He named the lake after Henry Sanford King, another WA Surveyor General.

There are some records indicating that Lake King may have been called Lake Damnosa at one time.

Although it is a bit difficult to find a great deal to recommend to the casual traveller in this small town it does provide a nice rest area and clean modern toilet facilities. It is a good spot to stop and have a break on whatever long journey you might be on.
 

Tall tales and true: A quiet drink

Originally there was no hotel in the town, just a store with a gallon license outside which men used to congregate and drink. This led to some complaints but the local policeman, ever mindful of the fact that he had to live in the area, looked for a better way to solve the problem than just banning the drinkers from congregating outside the store.

He noticed that the local post office was no longer in use and that as it rested on Commonwealth land, he, as a state police officer, had no jurisdiction over it. It was casually mentioned to the drinkers that they would be better off congregating inside the old post office and this they did with the site becoming known as 'the hole in the wall' (presumably for the method of entry to the building) and was used for quite some years thereafter.

Rest area at Lake King.