Milring, New South Wales Explained

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.

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).[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]

History

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.

Notes and References

  1. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233857199/view Map of the County of Evelyn : Western Division
  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 . 1633–1644 . 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . 1027-5606. free . (direct: Final Revised Paper)
  3. http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/camping-and-accommodation/campgrounds/olive-downs-campground Olive Downs campground
  4. http://outbacknsw.com.au/aboriginal-heritage.html Aboriginal Heritage
  5. Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Karenggapa (NSW)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. p196.
  6. David R Horton (creator), © Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, 1996.
  7. http://outbacknsw.com.au/sturt-s-expedition.html Sturt's Central Australian Expedition
  8. http://outbacknsw.com.au/burke-and-wills-expedition.html The Burke and Wills Expedition