Moonamurtie, New South Wales

Moonamurtie, New South Wales south of White Cliffs, New South Wales in Central Darling Shire is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales. ^{[1] [2]}

Geography

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

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.

References

1. "Yungnulgra". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 July 2013.
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 .