Parish of Noonthorangee

Noonthorangee located at 30°57′50″S 142°17′53″ is a remote civil parish of Mootwingee County in far North West New South Wales.[1]

Geography
Mootwingee County.

The area includes the Noonthorangee Range.[2] The area around Noonthorangee Range being open range lands,[3] is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer.[4] The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (hot desert).[5]

History

The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Bandjigali speaking[6] Aboriginal peoples.[7]

Charles Sturt passed through the general area during 1845,[8] In 1861 the Burke and Will's expedition camped here on 25 October.[9][10][11]

The Mutawintji Road passes through the parish.

References
  1. "Mootwingee County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
  2. Map of Noonthorangee Range, NSW.
  3. NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification".
  4. NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/SEDAC..
  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)
  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. Dave Phoenix, Following Burke and Wills Across Australia: A Touring Guide(Csiro Publishing, 2015)p176-178.
  10. EB Joyce, DA McCann, Burke and Wills: The Scientific Legacy of the Victorian Exploring Expedition ( EB Joyce, DA McCann, Cairo Publishing, 2 November 2011 ) p112.
  11. see also The Burke and Wills Expedition Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine.


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