Mucruss Parish (Irrara County), New South Wales

Mucruss Parish (Irrara County), New South Wales is a remote civil Parish, of Irrara County,[1] a cadasteral division of New South Wales.[2]

Geography

The parish is located at 29°21′51″S 144°56′31″E in Bourke Shire.

The topography of the area is flat and arid with a Köppen climate classification of BSh (Hot semi arid)[3].

The economy in the parish is based on broad acre agriculture, mainly Cattle, and sheep. The only settlement in the parish is the ghost town of Yantabulla, New South Wales with Hungerford,Queensland to the north the nearest settlement by road.

See Also

References

  1. ↑ County of Irrara, Western Division, Land District of Bourke, Darling Shire / compiled, drawn & printed at the Department of Lands, Sydney, N.S.W (Department of Lands, Sydney N.S.W, 1964).
  2. ↑ "Irrara County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
  3. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. (direct: Final Revised Paper)

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