Lake Perkollili is a ephemeral lake in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
| Lake Perkollili | |
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  Lake Perkollili Location in Western Australia | |
| Coordinates | 30°34′23″S 121°42′40″E / 30.573°S 121.711°E |
| Basin countries | Australia |
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Description
editLake 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]
See also
editReferences
editNotes
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "LAKE PERKOLILLI". The Mirror. Vol. 14, no. 748. Western Australia. 29 August 1936. p. 18. Retrieved 6 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Watkins, William (1933), William Watkins personal film. Reel one, William Watkins, retrieved 6 September 2022
- ^ Cocks, Graeme (1997), The story of Silver Wings, Australia's greatest racing Chrysler, Graeme Cocks, retrieved 6 September 2022
- ^ Smith & Cocks 2019.
Bibliography
edit- Cocks, Graeme (2016). Red Dust Racers: The Centenary History of Lake Perkolilli and the Emergence of Motorsport in Western Australia 1914 - 2014. Inglewood, WA, Australia: Motoring Past Vintage Publishing. ISBN 9780987280817.
- Smith, Sharon; Cocks, Graeme (2019). Lake Perkolilli 2019 Red Dust Revival. Inglewood, WA, Australia: Motoring Past Vintage Publishing. OCLC 1137013985.
- ——————; ——————— (2022). Lake Perkolilli Denizens of Dust: Red Dust Revival 2022. Inglewood, WA, Australia: Motoring Past Vintage Publishing. ISBN 9780992507800.