Killara Parish (County of Killara) explained

Type:other
Killara Parish (County of Killara)
State:nsw
Lga:Central Darling Shire
Postcode:2840
Pop:44
Elevation:88
Coordinates:-30.9364°N 144.4167°W
Stategov:Barwon
Fedgov:Farrer
Dist1:917
Dir1:NW
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:340
Dir2:NE
Location2:Broken Hill
Dist3:144
Dir3:NE
Location3:Wilcannia

Killara Parish in the County of Killara is a civil parish of Killara County,[1] located in Central Darling Shire at Latitude .

Geography

Killara Parish is on the Darling River and the village of Tilpa, New South Wales is the only settlement in the parish.

The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BSh (Hot semi-desert).[2] The parish is barely inhabited, and the landscape is a flat arid scrubland.

The Parish is mainly an agricultural area, with sheep grazing the primary activity, and some pockets of irrigated land along the river. Tourism, [3] Fishing and camping are popular along the river. including farmstay programs on local stations, is the other major local industry. Fishing and camping are popular along the river.

In 1838 Thomas Mitchell (explorer) became the first European to the parish as he travelled down the Darling River.

See also

References

  1. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233916808/view Map of the County of Killara, Western Division, N.S.W.
  2. 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 . 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . 2007HESS...11.1633P . 1027-5606. free . (direct: Final Revised Paper)
  3. Web site: Tilpa. WISE Basins. National Parks and Wildlife (New South Wales). 2008-10-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20081012073927/http://wiserivers.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/Multimedia/vBlob.jsp?id=241. 12 October 2008. dead.