Lake Mungo Lake Mungo Lake Mungo is a dry lake located in south-eastern Australia, in the south-western portion of New South Wales. It is about 760 km due west of Sydney and 90 km north-east of Mildura. The lake is the central feature of Mungo National Park, and is one of seventeen lakes in the World Heritage listed Willandra Lakes Region. Many important archaeological findings have been made at the lake, most significantly the discovery of the remains of Mungo Man, the oldest human remains found in Australia, Mungo Woman, the oldest human remains in the world to be ritually cremated and
Mungo Park Jr. by Willie, now in failing health, at St Johnsbury Country Club in Vermont. Although he spent that winter, and the next, in Argentina, Mungo remained in the United States until 1936 with spells as professional at rather eccentric resorts, including the Victorian castle run on Quaker principles at Lake Mohonk, New York, and the Castle Hot Springs resort in Arizona. He built many courses in Argentina, but many have disappeared. The most prestigious of the courses he had built is the San Andres Golf Club in 1907. The course remains active. Park married Grace Morrison in 1901. They had three