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Lake Perkollili

Coordinates: 30°34′23″S 121°42′40″E / 30.573°S 121.711°E / -30.573; 121.711
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Lake Perkollili
Lake Perkollili is located in Western Australia
Lake Perkollili
Lake Perkollili
Location in Western Australia
Coordinates30°34′23″S 121°42′40″E / 30.573°S 121.711°E / -30.573; 121.711
Basin countriesAustralia
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Lake Perkollili is a ephemeral lake in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.

Description

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Lake Perkollili is a clay pan.

It was the location of racing of motorcycles and cars in the 1920s and 1930.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] It was the location of Silver Wings races in the 1930s.[11] Despite the relocation of motor racing to other locations in Western Australia, the racing at the lake bed was restarted in 2019, under the name of the Red Dust revival 2019 Lake Perkolilli.[12]

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ "MOTOR CYCLING". The Daily News. Vol. XLIII, no. 15, 405. Western Australia. 5 September 1924. p. 2 (THIRD EDITION). Retrieved 6 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "LAKE PERKOLILLI SPORTS". Kalgoorlie Miner. Vol. 31, no. 8081. Western Australia. 8 September 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 6 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Where Records are Broken". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 16, no. 826. South Australia. 24 March 1928. p. 26. Retrieved 6 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "LAKE PERKOLILLI". The Albany Advertiser. Vol. 2, no. 276. Western Australia. 17 October 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 6 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "LAKE PERKOLILLI RACES". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 29, 233. New South Wales, Australia. 14 September 1931. p. 13. Retrieved 6 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "LAKE PERKOLILLI CHAMPIONSHIPS". West Coast Sentinel. Vol. XXII, no. 1204. South Australia. 26 October 1934. p. 1. Retrieved 6 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "SPORTS AT LAKE PERKOLILLI". Western Mail. Vol. 49, no. 2, 534. Western Australia. 13 September 1934. p. 18. Retrieved 6 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "LAKE PERKOLILLI". The Mirror. Vol. 14, no. 748. Western Australia. 29 August 1936. p. 18. Retrieved 6 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Lake Perkolilli Speed Contests". The Kyogle Examiner. Vol. 30, no. 3046. New South Wales, Australia. 22 December 1936. p. 6. Retrieved 6 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ Watkins, William (1933), William Watkins personal film. Reel one, William Watkins, retrieved 6 September 2022
  11. ^ Cocks, Graeme (1997), The story of Silver Wings, Australia's greatest racing Chrysler, Graeme Cocks, retrieved 6 September 2022
  12. ^ Smith & Cocks 2019.

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