Munro Parish, New South Wales Explained

Munro Parish, New South Wales located at 30°59′34″S 143°13′26″E in Central Darling Shire is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales.^[1]

Geography

The Parish an arid landscape. The nearest town is Whitecliffs 2 km away.

History

The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Wandjiwalgu.^{[2] [3]} Aboriginal peoples.^[4]

In 1838 Thomas Mitchell (explorer) travelled down the nearby Darling River. Charles Sturt passed through the Wandjiwalgu lands during 1845,^[5] In 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed nearby.^[6]

Climate

The parish has extremely hot summers and mild winters. Summers would usually exceed 36 °C. Winters are usually around 17 °C. The annual average rainfall is 249.7mm which would make it a semi-arid climate except that its high evapotranspiration, or its aridity, makes it a desert climate. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert),.^[7] is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer.^[8]

References

1. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233961755/view Historic map of Yungnulgra County
2. David R Horton,Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATS and Sinclair Merz Knight 1996
3. Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. p196.
4. David R Horton (creator), Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, 1996.
5. http://outbacknsw.com.au/sturt-s-expedition.html Sturt's Central Australian Expedition
6. http://outbacknsw.com.au/burke-and-wills-expedition.html The Burke and Wills Expedition
7. 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)
8. https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=SEDAC_POP NASA Earth Observations: Population Density”. NASA/SEDAC.