Budda Parish in Cobar Shire is a civil parish of Rankin County,;[1] a Cadastral division of New South Wales.[2] The Parish is on the Darling River upstream of Wilcannia, New South Wales and is located at 31°07′15″S 144°16′48″E.
The topography is flat with a Köppen climate classification of BsK (Hot semi arid).[3]
The economy in the parish is based on broad acre agriculture, based on Wheat and sheep.
The traditional owners of the area are the Barundji and Barkindji people.[4] [5]
In 1835, explorer Major Thomas Mitchell was the first European to the region, in which he traced the Darling River to what is now Menindee.[6] In June 1866, the township of Wilcannia was proclaimed.