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{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
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{{Infobox lakebody of water
|name = Lake Weyba
|image = Lake Weyba (2099873732).jpg
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|location = 4 km South of [[Noosa, Queensland]]
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Area: 200m squared
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|type = [[reservoir]]Salt-water lake
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'''Lake Weyba''' is a large shallow [[salt lake]] in the locality of [[Noosaville]] in the [[Shire of Noosa]], [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref>{{Cite QPN|37166|Lake Weyba|lake in the Noosa Shire|access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref>
'''Lake Weyba''', a large, shallow salt-water [[lake]], is an important fish-breeding habitat. In the early 1900s, Lake Weyba had a large number of stingrays, which would have been easy targets for the spears of the Aboriginal people.<ref>[http://www.maroochy.qld.gov.au/maroochylibraries/sitePage.cfm?code=hldoonhist Local History- Lake Weyba] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006234757/http://www.maroochy.qld.gov.au/maroochylibraries/sitePage.cfm?code=hldoonhist |date=2007-10-06 }}</ref>
Lake Weyba's name comes from the local Aboriginal Australians (Gubbi Gubbi) language meaning stingray.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}
'''Lake Weyba''', a large, shallow salt-water [[lake]], is an important fish-breeding habitat. In the early 1900s, Lake Weyba had a large number of [[stingrays]] and [[sharks]], which would have been easy targets for the[[spear spears of thefishing]] [[Aboriginal peopleAustralians]].<ref>[{{cite web |date=2006 |title=Local History - Lake Weyba |url=http://www.maroochy.qld.gov.au/maroochylibraries/sitePage.cfm?code=hldoonhist Local History|url-status=dead Lake Weyba] {{webarchive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006234757/http://www.maroochy.qld.gov.au/maroochylibraries/sitePage.cfm?code=hldoonhist |archive-date=2007-10-06 |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=[[Maroochy Shire Council]]}}</ref>
 
==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Lake Weyba}}
* {{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.friendsoflakeweyba.org/history |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=Friends of Lake Weyba}}
 
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[[Category:Lakes of Queensland]]
[[Category:Geography of Sunshine Coast, Queensland]]
 
 
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