Parish of Albert explained

Settlement Type:Parish
Pushpin Map:New South Wales
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in New South Wales, Australia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:New South Wales
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Yantara County

Albert Parish, New South Wales is a remote civil parish of Yantara County near Milparinka, New South Wales.

The parish is on the Silver City Highway where the road meets Salt Lake, New South Wales.The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert).[1]

Gold was discovered there,[2] and for a while a village at Albert had a population of 900. but the gold soon ran out and life in the parish is very hard as it is arid and has no reliable fresh water.[3]

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References

  1. 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)
  2. THE ALBERT GOLD-FIELDS. The Sydney Morning Herald. Mon 18 Aug. p. 8.
  3. Web site: Milparinka - New South Wales - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au. 2004-02-08. www.smh.com.au. en. 2018-04-10.