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2 unusual facts about Lake MacDonald


Lake MacDonald, Queensland

It is within the local government area of Shire of Noosa (between 2008 and 2013 it was within Sunshine Coast Region).

Sean Rothsey

He was a member of the Community Rating Reference Working Group for Noosa Shire Council in 2007, and a founding member of the Lake MacDonald Catchment Coordinating Committee for Noosa Shire.


Pintupi dialect

Pintupi is the name commonly used to refer to a variety of the Western Desert Language spoken by indigenous people whose traditional lands are in the area between Lake MacDonald and Lake Mackay, stretching from Mount Liebig in the Northern Territory to Jupiter Well (west of Pollock Hills) in Western Australia.


see also

Tingari

One begins west of Jupiter Well and eventually runs due east, concluding south-east of Lake Mackay; another heads south-west from near Kintore for some 200 km, and then doubles back to end at Lake Macdonald; the third runs from south to north through Docker River and Kintore.