Parish of Whittabranah

Whittabranah is a civil parish of Tongowoko County, New South Wales.[1] The parish is 5 miles north of Tibooburra.[2]

Map of Tongowoko County

Located at 29.208611°S 142.019444°E / -29.208611; 142.019444, the parish is on the Silver City Highway north of Tibooburra and within the traditional lands of Yarli peoples. The landscape being within the Channel Country is flat and arid scrubland.

History

The Parish is named for Whitta Brinnah Cattle Station one of 7 former cattle stations now in Sturt National Park located in the north western corner of New South Wales.[3] Whitta Brinnah Cattle Station is located at 29º 23' 14.03" S 142º 01' 26.63" E, on the Silver City Highway north of Tibuburra[4]

Geography

The Geography, of the parish is mostly the flat, arid landscape of the Channel Country. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert)[5]. The County is barely inhabited with a population density of less than 1 person per 150km² and the landscape is a flat arid scrubland.

References
  1. "Tongowoko". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  2. Map of the County of Tongowoko: Western Division, Land District of Willyama.
  3. NSW National Parks and Swildlife service, Draft Plan of Management Sturt National Park, (2017) p 22.
  4. Whitta-brinnah - NSW.
  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)


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