Parish of Tooncurrie

landscape near Tooncurrie

Tooncurrie Parish located at 29°31′44″S 142°13′52″E just east of Tibooburra, New South Wales is a cadastral parish of Tongowoko County New South Wales.[1] The town of Tibooburrais just outside the parish.[2]

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).[3] The County is barely inhabited with a population density of less than 1 person per 150 km² and the landscape is a flat arid scrubland.

Gold was found in the area in the 1870 but today the parish is just inside the Sturt National Park. Water scarcity has always been a problem to habitation.

Other than Sturt National Park, the main feature of the parish is Tibooburra airport.

  • Landscape of Tongawoko County near Tooncurrie Parish
    Landscape of Tongawoko County near Tooncurrie Parish
  • Landscape in the parish adjoining Tooncurry.
    Landscape in the parish adjoining Tooncurry.

References

  1. ^ "Tongowoko". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Map of the County of Tongowoko: Western Division, Land District of Willyama.
  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)


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