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Amidst much controversy, Lake Pedder, a small freshwater lake in southwest Tasmania, was flooded in 1972 as part of a large hydro-electric development. An ongoing campaign to restore the lake has been supported by the famous environmental campaigner and botanist, David Bellamy and many international organisations such as the David Suzuki Foundation. In 1994, the General Assembly of the IUCN also called for the lake to be restored. A symposium held at the University of Tasmania in 1995 concluded that restoration of the lake is possible, however, current political thought is preventing its realisation.

History

Lake Pedder was formed approximately 1.0 million years ago when glacial outwash blocked the flow of the Serpentine River restricting water flow from the low lying Serpentine Valley and allowing geomorphological processes to form a nine square kilometre lake. Although the lake was quite likely visited by Tasmanian Aboriginal people at least 20 000 years ago, it was named Lake Pedder in 1835 by the surveyor John Wedge after the first Chief Justice of Tasmania, Sir John Pedder. Incidentally, Tasmania was still known as Van Diemens Land in 1835.

Announcement of Flooding

Among the many unique features of Lake Pedder, the most well known was its pink quartzite beach which could safely allow light planes to land. The first plane landed on the three kilometre long beach in 1946. In 1955, the lake and a surrounding area were proclaimed a national park and gazetted as the Lake Pedder National Park. The Tasmanian Government announced in 1967 that a newly announced hydro-electric development would 'result in some modification the the National Park'. However, in 1968, the area was incorporated into the South West National Park.