Parish of Whittabranah

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Whittabranah is a civil parish of Tongowoko County, New South Wales, Australia. [1] The parish is 5 miles north of Tibooburra. [2]

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Located at 29°12′31″S142°01′10″E / 29.208611°S 142.019444°E / -29.208611; 142.019444 Coordinates: 29°12′31″S142°01′10″E / 29.208611°S 142.019444°E / -29.208611; 142.019444 , the parish is on the Silver City Highway north of Tibooburra and within the traditional lands of Yarli peoples. The landscape, being within the Channel Country, is flat and arid scrubland.

History

The parish is named for Whitta Brinnah Cattle Station, one of seven former cattle stations now in Sturt National Park located in the north western corner of New South Wales. [3] Whitta Brinnah Cattle Station is located at 29º 23' 14.03" S 142º 01' 26.63" E, on the Silver City Highway north of Tibooburra. [4]

Geography

The geography, of the parish is mostly the flat, arid landscape of the Channel Country. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert). [5] The county is barely inhabited with a population density of less than 1 per 150 square kilometres (58 sq mi) and the landscape is a flat arid scrubland.

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References

  1. ↑ "Tongowoko". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 August 2013. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Map of the County of Tongowoko: Western Division, Land District of Willyama.
  3. ↑ NSW National Parks and Swildlife service, "Draft Plan of Management Sturt National Park", (2017) p 22.
  4. ↑ Whitta-brinnah - NSW
  5. ↑ 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)


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