Lake Leake (palawa kani: kunawi) is the name of both a man-made water storage reservoir and a small township in the eastern midlands of Tasmania.

[2] The lake was named after Charles Henry Leake (1819-1889), a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council.

[5] The area was originally a wetland, or series of lagoons, and was transcribed by Europeans as koan.ner.we (written in palawa kani as kunawi).

[7] The area was renamed by colonials "Kearney's Bogs" and then Lake Leake after the dam was constructed.

The initial capacity was 19.9 cubic metres (700 cu ft) and an area of 6 square kilometres (2.3 sq mi).