Burrendah, New South Wales

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Burrendah
New South Wales
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Burrendah
Coordinates 31°42′0″S148°40′0″E / 31.70000°S 148.66667°E / -31.70000; 148.66667
Postcode(s) 2827
Elevation282 m (925 ft)
Location
  • 460 km (286 mi) from Sydney
  • 66 km (41 mi) from Dubbo
LGA(s) Gilgandra Shire
State electorate(s) Barwon
Federal division(s) Parkes
Mean max tempMean min tempAnnual rainfall
24.7 °C
76 °F
9.9 °C
50 °F
557.2 mm
21.9 in

Burrendah, New South Wales is a bounded rural locality of Gilgandra Shire and a civil parish of Gowen County, [1] [2] a county of New South Wales. [3]

The Parish is on the Wallumburrawang Creek a tributary of the Castlereagh River, and the nearest settlement of the parish is Gilgandra, New South Wales to the west. [4] The main economic activity of the parish is agriculture.

The parish is on the traditional lands of the Weilwan Aboriginal people.

References

  1. Robert McLean, The New atlas of Australia : the complete work containing over one hundred maps and full descriptive geography of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, together with numerous illustrations and copious indices (Sydney :J. Sands, [1886) Map 1.
  2. Map of Gowan County, New South Wales.
  3. "Gowen". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 July 2013. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. Robert McLean, The New atlas of Australia : the complete work containing over one hundred maps and full descriptive geography of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, together with numerous illustrations and copious indices (Sydney :J. Sands, [1886) Map 14.