Coolah Parish, New South Wales

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Coolah
New South Wales
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Coolah Parish
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Coolah
Coordinates 31°50′0″S149°43′0″E / 31.83333°S 149.71667°E / -31.83333; 149.71667 Coordinates: 31°50′0″S149°43′0″E / 31.83333°S 149.71667°E / -31.83333; 149.71667
Population1,290 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 2843
Location
  • 370 km (230 mi) NW of Sydney
  • 136 km (85 mi) NE of Dubbo
  • 80 km (50 mi) NW of Merriwa
LGA(s) Warrumbungle Shire
County Napier County [2]
State electorate(s) Barwon
Federal Division(s) Parkes

Coolah Parish is a civil parish of the County of Napier, [3] a county in the central western part of New South Wales, Australia in Warrumbungle Shire. [2] The only town of the parish is Coolah, New South Wales and at the 2006 census, Coolah township had a population of 910. [1]

History

Before European settlement the area was occupied by the Gamilaroi and Wiradjuri peoples.

Allan Cunningham was the first British explorer to discover the area in 1823 while travelling Pandoras Pass over the Warrumbungle ranges to the Liverpool Plains. On the northeastern side of the area is the Liverpool Range with the Coolah Tops National Park. Most of the region is agricultural with sheep and cattle raising and crops grown along the Talbragar River and Coolaburragundy River valleys.

The town of Coolah, New South Wales is the main settlement of the parish. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Coolah (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
  2. 1 2 "Napier County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Department of Lands, Sydney N.S.W , Map of the County of Napier, Central Division, N.S.W. (Published Sydney : Dept. of Lands, 1964).


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