Why Mount Gambier?
Crater lakes, sunken gardens and a city built on limestone. Every fact sourced.
- SA's second city
The City of Mount Gambier covers 308 square kilometres and had 26,878 people at the 2021 census; it became a city in 1955.Source: Wikipedia
- First British name in SA
Lieutenant James Grant sighted the peak from HMS Lady Nelson in 1800 and named it after Lord Gambier, the first place the British named in what became South Australia.Source: Wikipedia
- A lake that changes colour
Blue Lake / Warwar is about 72 m deep, supplies the city's drinking water and turns deep turquoise each November.Source: Wikipedia
- Home of the eagle hawk
The Bungandidj (Boandik) people called the volcano's peak ereng balam, home of the eagle hawk, and the mountain itself Berrin.Source: Wikipedia
- Six places, two names
Bungandidj dual names for the Blue Lake (Warwar), Valley Lake (Ketla Malpi), Umpherston Sinkhole (Balumbul), Cave Garden (Thugi), Leg of Mutton Lake and Browne Lake were gazetted on 16 March 2023.Source: City of Mount Gambier
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