Lakes of Tasmania Lakes of Tasmania - Lake Pedder, Lake Burbury, Lake Edgar, Lake Fidler, Lake Lealake Pedder, Lake Burbury, Lake Edgar, Lake Fidler, Lake Leake, Tasmania, Lake Barrington, Lake Margaret, Lake Beatrice Ke, Tasmania, Lake Barrington, Lake Margaret, Lake Beatrice (Paperback)

Chapters: Lake Pedder, Lake Burbury, Lake Edgar, Lake Fidler, Lake Leake, Tasmania, Lake Barrington, Lake Margaret, Lake Beatrice, Great Lake, Lake Dora, Lake St Clair, Trevallyn Dam, Lake Rosebery, Lake Mackintosh, Dove Lake, Lake Pieman. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lake Pedder - The lake was named after Sir John Pedder, the first Chief Justice of Tasmania. The name of the original lake was officially transferred to the new man-made impoundment. Although the new Lake Pedder incorporates the original lake, it does not resemble it in size, appearance or ecology. It consists of a large impoundment contained by three dams: The dams were designed and constructed by Tasmania's Hydro Electric Commission (HEC) as part of the Upper Gordon River hydro-electric generation scheme. This scheme was developed to substantially increase Tasmania's capacity to generate hydro-electricity in accordance with the Tasmanian Government's policy of attempting to attract secondary industry to the State with the incentive of cheap renewable energy. The new Huon Serpentine impoundment, which filled after the dams were completed in 1972, drains into Lake Gordon via the McPartlan Pass Canal. Together, the lakes form the biggest water catchment and storage in Australia. Panoramic view of 'new' Lake Pedder from Mount Eliza, Southwest National Park, Tasmania, AustraliaThere were protests in Tasmania and mainland Australia at the flooding of the original lake, before during and after construction of the dams. Protests began when in 1967 the Tasmanian Government revoked the status of the Lake Pedder National Park that had protected the lake since 1955. The role of the HEC as a surrogate wing of the Tasmanian government was perceived when the political or wider social disse...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=493115