Gundabooka, Yanda

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Gundabooka Parish
New South Wales
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Gundabooka Parish
Coordinates 30°32′0″S145°47′0″E / 30.53333°S 145.78333°E / -30.53333; 145.78333 Coordinates: 30°32′0″S145°47′0″E / 30.53333°S 145.78333°E / -30.53333; 145.78333
Postcode(s) 2840
Elevation100 m (328 ft)
LGA(s) Bourke Shire
State electorate(s) Barwon
Federal division(s) Parkes

Gundabooka Parish is a civil parish, [1] of Yanda County, a cadasteral division of New South Wales; [2] a Cadastral division of New South Wales. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Location

The Parish is on the Darling River upstream of Louth, New South Wales [7] [8] and down stream of Bourke, New South Wales and is located at 30°48′57″S 145°48′36″E.

Geography

The topography is flat with a Köppen climate classification of BsK (Hot semi arid). [9] The climate is characterised by hot summers and mild winters. The annual average rainfall is 350 mm, although this is highly variable. [10]

Much of the Parish is in the Gundabooka National Park and adjoining conservation area. [11] [12]

Etymology

Gunderbooka is believed to be derived from a local Aboriginal word and is also the name of Gundabook Station. [13]

History

The traditional owners of the area are the Ngamba and Barkindji peoples [14] [15]
The first European to the area was Thomas Mitchell (explorer).

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Map of the County of Yanda, Western Division, NSW 1918.
  2. ↑ [cartographer] C.A. Orwin, [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233873384/view Map of the County of Rankin : Western Division, Land Districts of Bourke, Cobar and Wilcannia, N.S.W. 1912 (New South Wales. Department of Lands Title, Sydney N.S.W. 1914).
  3. ↑ "Rankin". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 August 2013. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. ↑ The New atlas of Australia (John Sands, 1886) map 24.
  5. ↑ Yanda County Archived 6 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine , GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT.
  6. ↑ / The New atlas of Australia, (John Sands, 1886), map 24.
  7. ↑ [cartographer] C.A. Orwin, [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233873384/view Map of the County of Rankin : Western Division, Land Districts of Bourke, Cobar and Wilcannia, N.S.W. 1912 (New South Wales. Department of Lands Title, Sydney N.S.W. 1914).
  8. ↑ The New atlas of Australia (John Sands, 1886) map 24.
  9. ↑ 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)
  10. ↑ Gundabooka National Park Plan of Management page 2.
  11. ↑ Gundabooka National Park at NSW National Parks.
  12. ↑ Gundabooka-national-park at visit NSW.
  13. ↑ "Gunderbooka". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 6 January 2012. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  14. ↑ Norman Tindale's Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal Tribes
  15. ↑ Aboriginal Australia Map, David Horton (ed.), 1994 published in The Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia by AIATSIS.


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