{{About|the town in The Mallee district of Victoria, Australia|the lake of the same name located adjacent to the town|Lake Boga (Victoria)}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Lake Boga | state = vic | image = LakeBogaCatalina.JPG | caption = PBY Catalina flying boat at Lake Boga | lga = Rural City of Swan Hill | postcode = 3584 | est = | pop = 985 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes= <ref name="ABS2016">{{cite web |title=2016 Census QuickStats Lake Boga |url=http://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC21418 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=9 March 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | elevation= | coordinates = {{coord|35|28|0|S|143|39|0|E|display=inline,title}} | use_lga_map = yes | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = Murray Plains | fedgov = Mallee | dist1 = 325 | location1= Melbourne | dist2 = 17 | location2= Swan Hill | near-nw = Pental Island | near-n = Pental Island | near-ne = Pental Island | near-w = Castle Donnington | near-e = Fish Point | near-sw = Kunat | near-s = Tresco West | near-se = Winlaton, Tresco }}
'''Lake Boga''' ({{IPAc-en|pron|ˈ|l|eɪ|k|_|ˈ|b|oʊ|ɡ|ə}}) is a town in Victoria, Australia, located next to the lake of the same name. It is situated within the Rural City of Swan Hill within the Mallee region of north-west Victoria. At the 2016 census, Lake Boga had a population of 985.<ref name=ABS2016/> The town is located {{convert|325|km|mi|0}} north west of Melbourne and {{convert|17|km|mi|0}} south east of the regional centre Swan Hill.
==History== The Wemba-Wemba Indigenous Australian people occupied the lake for thousands of years before the arrival of Major Sir Thomas Mitchell in June 1836.
Two German Moravian missionaries, Reverend A.F.C. Täger and Reverend F.W. Spieseke, established Lake Boga mission in 1851. The mission closed in 1856 due to lack of converts, disputes with local authorities and hostilities from local landholders.<ref>Felicity Jensz, pp 71-105, ''German Moravian missionaries in the British colony of Victoria, Australia, 1848-1908'' in particular Chapter 3 ''Lake Boga, A Putrid Stain'', IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP, 2010 via [https://books.google.com/books?id=nZMoygIj1O0C&pg Google Books], {{ISBN|978-90-04-17921-9}}</ref> The Moravian Church established a subsequent mission site near Lake Hindmarsh in 1859 (see Ebenezer Mission).<ref name="Clark_1995">Ian D. Clark, pp177-183, ''Scars on the Landscape. A Register of Massacre sites in Western Victoria 1803-1859'', Aboriginal Studies Press, 1995 {{ISBN|0-85575-281-5}}</ref>
The Post Office opened on 8 August 1887.<ref name = "a">{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Lake*Boga* | access-date = 24 February 2021 }}</ref>
During WW2, a secret air force base was located near the town.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2007/11/13/2089467.htm Lake Boga's flying history] ABC Local 13 November 2007</ref> The southern location was selected because it was considered to be beyond the range of Japanese aircraft advancing on Australia from the north.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goodall |first1=Geoff |title=LAKE BOGA DISPOSALS |url=https://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/lake-boga-disposals/lakeboga.html |website=www.goodall.com.au |access-date=7 May 2023}}</ref>
==The town today== The town is located next to the lake of the same name, which is popular with water sports, particularly water skiing. The surrounding area is used for agriculture including fruit and vegetable growing and grain production. There is a sizable wine grape industry in the area and one local winery.
There is a PBY Catalina flying boat on display as Lake Boga was a Royal Australian Air Force flying boat maintenance facility during World War II, known as the Lake Boga Flying Boat Base.
The town has an Australian rules football team competing in the Central Murray Football League.<ref name="d">{{Citation|last=Full Points Footy |title=Lake Boga |url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/Lake_Boga.htm |access-date=2008-07-25 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120003708/http://fullpointsfooty.net/lake_boga.htm |archive-date=20 November 2008 }}</ref>
Regional water shortage caused by drought resulted in Lake Boga becoming completely dry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/climate-change/ |title=Flood, Drought, and Climate Change Photos -- National Geographic |website=environment.nationalgeographic.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326091250/http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/climate-change/ |archive-date=2010-03-26}}</ref> In March 2010, work began to refill the lake and by June the lake was full to the brim<ref name=Full>{{cite web|last=Hilliard|first=Leith|title=Lake Boga full to the brim|url=http://www.cfaconnect.net.au/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2161:&Itemid=42|work=CFA Connect|publisher=Country Fire Authority|access-date=22 January 2011}}</ref> The lake has an approximate capacity of {{convert|37794|ML|e9impgal+e9USgal}}.<ref name="Boga">{{Cite web|title=Lake Boga: Recreational Guide|work=Goulburn–Murray Water|url=http://www.g-mwater.com.au/downloads/Storages/Boga_Sliced-small.pdf|type=PDF|date=October 2012|access-date=7 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321072101/http://www.g-mwater.com.au/downloads/Storages/Boga_Sliced-small.pdf|archive-date=21 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Category:Towns in Victoria (state) Category:Rural City of Swan Hill