In the 1890s it was the location of mineral exploration[1][2] along with nearby Lake Dora.[3]
Its location and conditions have led it to be a location of research into Pleistocene and Holocene environments.[4][5]
It has an estimated surface area of 185,000 square meters and is located close to the Anthony Road B28 that travels between Tullah and Queenstown.[6]
From the east, Lake Selina with an elevation of 516 metres (1,693 ft) AHD is the furthest east adjacent to Anthony Road; then Lake Westwood, and then Lake Julia with the elevation of 619 metres (2,031 ft); with Mount Julia to the west at 827 metres (2,713 ft) AHD.
^"MINING MEETINGS". Daily Telegraph. Vol. XVII, no. 299. Tasmania, Australia. 15 December 1897. p. 5. Retrieved 26 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^"LAKE SELINA COMPANY". Launceston Examiner. Vol. LVII, no. 280. Tasmania, Australia. 26 November 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 26 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^Colhoun, Eric A.; Polaa, Jeremy S.; Bartonb, Charles E.; Heijnisc, Henk (June 1999). "Late Pleistocene vegetation and climate history of Lake Selina, Western Tasmania". Quaternary International. 57–58 (1): 5–23. Bibcode:1999QuInt..57....5C. doi:10.1016/s1040-6182(98)00046-9.
^Mackenzie, L. L.; Moss, P. T.; Petherick, L. M.; Marx, S. K. (7–12 December 2008). "Late Holocene vegetation and environments of Lake Selina, Western Tasmania". Australasian Quaternary Association Biennial Conference. 17. Victor Harbour, Australia.