Type: | other |
Milring, New South Wales | |
State: | nsw |
Coordinates: | -29.732°N 141.868°W |
Pop: | 0 |
Postcode: | 2880 |
Dist1: | 250 |
Dir1: | N |
Location1: | Broken Hill, New South Wales |
Dist2: | 40 |
Dir2: | S |
Location2: | Tibooburra, New South Wales |
Lga: | Unincorporated Far West Region |
County: | Evelyn |
Stategov: | Barwon |
Fedgov: | Farrer |
Mintemp: | 6 |
Est: | 1880 |
Milring Parish is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Evelyn County in far northwest New South Wales.[1] located at 29°54′29″S 141°40′53″E.
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).[2] The nearest town is Tibooburra to the north east, which is on the Silver City Highway and lies south of the Sturt National Park.[3]
The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Wadigali[4] and to a lesser extent Karenggapa,[5] Aboriginal peoples.[6]
Charles Sturt passed through the area and camping for six months at nearby Preservation Creek, during 1845,[7]
In 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed to the east.[8]
Gold was discovered nearby in the 1870s.