Parish of Hermitage explained

Type:town
Hermitage Parish
State:nsw
Coordinates:-29.4331°N 142.0081°W
Postcode:2880
Elevation:183
Dist1:1187
Dir1:NW
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:843
Dir2:N
Location2:Adelaide
Dist3:335
Dir3:N
Location3:Broken Hill
Lga:Unincorporated Far West Region[1]
Region:Channel Country
County:Tongowoko
Stategov:Barwon
Fedgov:Parkes[2]
Maxtemp:27.4
Mintemp:13.9
Rainfall:230.5

Hermitage, New South wales, is a civil parish of Tongowoko County, New South Wales. The town of Tibooburra is the only settlement in the parish.[3]

Located at 29°22′57″S 142°01′09″E, the parish is on the traditional lands of Yarli peoples.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).[4]

The nearest town is Tibooburra

Notes and References

  1. Tibooburra has a "village council".
  2. Web site: Profile of the electoral division of Parkes (NSW) . . 25 February 2016 . 12 July 2016.
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234434094/view Map of the County of Tongowoko: Western Division, Land District of Willyama
  4. 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 . 1027-5606. free . (direct: Final Revised Paper)