Bonny Parish (County of Killara), New South Wales

Killara County, NSW.

Bonny Parish (County of Killara), New South Wales is a civil parish of Killara County,[1] in Central Darling Shire.

Bonny Parish is on the Paroo River between Wilcannia and Tilpa, New South Wales, and is in the Paroo-Darling National Park, making the area an important Ramsar Site.[2]

The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BSh (Hot semi-desert).[3]

The Parish is mainly a mix of conservation and agricultural uses, with sheep grazing the primary activity. Tourism, including farmstay programs on local stations, is the other major local industry.[4] Fishing and camping are popular along the river.[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, but did not enter the parish. Charles Sturt passed through the Wandjiwalgu lands during 1845,[8] In 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed nearby to the west.[9]

Opal was discovered at nearby White Cliffsin the area in the late 19th century.

The National Park was established in 2000.[10]

References

  1. ^ Map of the County of Killara, Western Division, N.S.W., Department of Lands, Sydney N.S.W , 1940.
  2. ^ Kingsford, R.T., and E. Lee. 2010. Ecological Character Description of the Paroo River Wetlands Ramsar Site. Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW, Sydney.
  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 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. (direct: Final Revised Paper)
  4. ^ a b "Tilpa". WISE Basins. National Parks and Wildlife (New South Wales). Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
  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.
  10. ^ "Paroo-Darling National Park: Park management". Office of Environment & Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 October 2014.

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