The largest lake on King Island was named after Michael John Flannigan in 1911 or 1912
Michael John Flannigan
Born
13 August 1862
Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia
Died
21 April 1901 (aged 38)
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)
1st District Surveyor, King Island
Michael John Flannigan (13 August 1862 – 21 April 1901) was the first District Surveyor of King Island (Tasmania), Australia. His work was singled out for praise by the Surveyor-General, Albert Edward Counsel,[1] at a time when professional standards for land surveyors were newly defined and often disregarded by practitioners.
In the 1890s King Island topped the league of Tasmanian places being settled for the first time.[2] Even under such pressure and in primitive living and working conditions, Flannigan's survey maps and reports were exemplary. He understood the vegetation and the geology of the land, recommending actions to protect water and other natural resources, such as a reserve around the shore of Big Lake in King Island.[3][4]
Flannigan's relationship with the settlers was cordial because he paid careful attention to their concerns and needs. And in the Lands office in Hobart, his standing was so good that after his death his colleagues chose to honour his memory by arranging for Big Lake, King Island to be renamed Lake Flannigan, in 1911 or 1912.[5]
It is the largest lake on the island; the length in 1956 was approximately one mile (1.6 kilometres) and in places the width was three-quarters of a mile (1.2 kilometres).[6] In 1913 the Tasmanian Government Gazette[7] officially announced the creation of the reserve fringing the lake, just as he had recommended in 1896.[8]
^Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office. "Lands and Surveys Department Correspondence: LSD 1/1/87 6741b". Report by M Flannigan, January 1896 - Covering Memo by AE Counsel.
^"Land and Surveys". North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times. No. 26 Sep 1900.
^Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office. "Lands and Surveys Department Correspondence: LSD 1/1/87 6741b". Report by M Flannigan, January 1896, P.1.
^Mather, K. "Flannigan: high praise for 1896 Report". King Island Courier. No. 19 August 2015 p. 5.
^Mather, K 2017, 'King Island's lake of many names - Lake Flannigan: points of interest from the literature', The Victorian Naturalist, vol 134, iss 6, pp. 207–214.
^Jennings, I N (1957), "Coastal dune lakes as exemplified from King Island, Tasmania", The Geographical Journal, vol. 123, no. 1, March, pp. 59-70.
^"The Crown Lands Act 1911: King Island: sanctuaries for wildfowl". Tasmanian Government Gazette. CXX (7425): 827. 8 April 1913.
^Government of Tasmania, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. "Placenames Tasmania". Land Tasmania. Retrieved 25 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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