Mallambray (Parish), New South Wales

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Mallambray (Parish), in Central Darling Shire is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales. [1] [2]

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Geography

The Parish has an arid landscape. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert),. [3] is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer. [4] The nearest town is Whitecliffs to the north.

Climate

The parish has extremely hot summers and mild winters. Summers would usually exceed 36 °C. Winters are usually around 17 °C. The annual average rainfall is 249.7 millimetres (9.8 in) which would make it a semi-arid climate except that its high evapotranspiration, or its aridity, makes it a desert climate.

History

The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Wandjiwalgu. [5] [6] Aboriginal peoples. [7]

In 1838 Thomas Mitchell (explorer) travelled down the nearby Darling River.

Charles Sturt passed through the Wandjiwalgu lands during 1845, [8]

In 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed nearby. [9]

Opal was discovered in the area in the late 19th century.

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References

  1. ↑ "Yungnulgra". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 July 2013. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Historic map of Yungnulgra County.
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ NASA Earth Observations: Population Density”. NASA/SEDAC..
  5. ↑ David R Horton,Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATS and Sinclair Merz Knight 1996
  6. ↑ Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. p196.
  7. ↑ David R Horton (creator), Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, and Auslig/Sinclair Knight Merz, 1996.
  8. ↑ Sturt's Central Australian Expedition Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine .
  9. ↑ The Burke and Wills Expedition Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine .


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