Parish of Noonthorangee

Noonthorangee located at 30°57′50″S 142°17′53″ is a remote civil parish of Mootwingee County in far North West New South Wales.[1]

Geography

Mootwingee County.

The area includes the Noonthorangee Range.[2] The area around Noonthorangee Range being open range lands,[3] is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer.[4]The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert)[5].

History

The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Bandjigali speaking[6] Aboriginal peoples.[7]

Charles Sturt passed through the general area during 1845,[8] In 1861 the Burke and Will's expedition camped here on 25th October.[9][10][11]


The Mutawintji Road passes through the parish.

References

  1. ↑ "Mootwingee County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
  2. ↑ Map of Noonthorangee Range, NSW.
  3. ↑ NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification”.
  4. ↑ NASA Earth Observations: Population Density”. NASA/SEDAC..
  5. ↑ 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)
  6. ↑ Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. p196.
  7. ↑ David R Horton (creator), © Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, 1996.
  8. ↑ Sturt's Central Australian Expedition.
  9. ↑ Dave Phoenix, Following Burke and Wills Across Australia: A Touring Guide(Csiro Publishing, 2015)p176-178.
  10. ↑ EB Joyce, DA McCann, Burke and Wills: The Scientific Legacy of the Victorian Exploring Expedition ( EB Joyce, DA McCann, Csiro Publishing, 2 Nov. 2011 ) p112.
  11. ↑ see also The Burke and Wills Expedition.

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