Dawes Parish, 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]
The Parish has an arid landscape and the nearest town is Whitecliffs. The parish also has extremely hot summers and mild winters. Summers would usually exceed 36 °C. Winters are usually around 17 °C. The annual average rainfall is about249.7mm which would make it a semi-arid climate except that its high evapotranspiration, or its aridity, makes it a desert climate.[2] is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer.[3]