Boonoo Boonoo is a locality in New South Wales, Australia.
Boonoo Boonoo is a locality in New South Wales, Australia.
Boonoo Boonoo is located within the Tenterfield Shire and lies approximately 26 kilometres north of Tenterfield along the Mount Lindesay Road. The locality is approximately 10 kilometres south-east of the Queensland-New South Wales border. [1] Nearby national parks include Bald Rock National Park and Basket Swamp National Park.
The etymology of Boonoo Boonoo is Aboriginal for "poor country with no animals to provide food" and is pronounced 'bunna bunoo'. [2] The local geography is dominated by prominent granite inselbergs and mountains, a fine example being that of the nearby Bald Rock, the largest granite inselberg in Australia, which is located within Bald Rock National Park. The average elevation throughout the area differs from below 600 metres to over 1,100 metres.[ citation needed ]
The main geographic features in the locality are Boonoo Boonoo National Park, Boonoo Boonoo River and Falls, Basket Swamp National Park, Bald Rock National Park and Mount Lindesay Road.[ citation needed ]
Gold was discovered in the district in 1858, [3] and the economy today is mainly beef cattle breeding and superfine wool production through the breeding of Merino sheep.[ citation needed ]
Basket Swamp is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 558 km north of Sydney, and 15 kilometres north east of Tenterfield.
Bald Rock National Park is a national park in northern New South Wales, Australia, just north of Tenterfield on the Queensland border. The border passes over the rock on the Western side. On the other side of the border national park continues as the Girraween National Park.
Boonoo Boonoo National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 571 km north of Sydney and 26 kilometres north east of Tenterfield off Mount Lindesay Road.
A monolith is a geological feature consisting of a single massive stone or rock, such as some mountains. Erosion usually exposes the geological formations, which are often made of very hard and solid igneous or metamorphic rock. Some monoliths are volcanic plugs, solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.
The Wingecarribee River, a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury–Nepean catchment, is located in the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales, Australia.
Tenterfield is a regional town in New South Wales, Australia, situated at the junction of the New England and Bruxner highways, along the Northern Tablelands, within the New England region. At the 2016 census, Tenterfield had a population of 4,066. Tenterfield's proximity to many regional centres and its position on the route between Sydney and Brisbane led to its development as a centre for the promotion of the federation of Australia.
Mount Lindesay Highway is an Australian national highway located in Queensland. The highway runs southwest from Brisbane, where it leaves Ipswich Road in the suburb of Moorooka, to the Queensland – New South Wales border and is 116 kilometres (72 mi) in length. For most of its length it is roughly aligned with the Sydney–Brisbane rail corridor. At its southern end these transport routes take different passes over the Scenic Rim into the Northern Rivers region. It is designated National Route 13.
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Liston is a small mountain village in northern New South Wales, Australia in Tenterfield Shire local government area. It lies just inside the eastern boundary of the New South Wales, Queensland border on the old Cobb & Co route, now the Mount Lindesay Highway, which used to extend from Brisbane to Tenterfield, New South Wales.
Cataract River, a mostly perennial stream of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia.
Boonoo Boonoo River, a watercourse of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia.
Henry River, a perennial stream of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia.
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Homoranthus lunatus, commonly known as crescent-leaved homoranthus, is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in northern New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with curved leaves and small groups of up to six yellow flowers in leaf axils.
