Rosstrevor, New South Wales Explained
Rosstrevor, New South Wales 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 parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert),.[2] is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer.[3] The nearest town is Whitecliffs 2 km to the west.
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.
History
thumb|right|Countryside near the parishThe Parish is on the traditional lands of the Wandjiwalgu.[4] [5] Aboriginal peoples.[6]
In 1838 Thomas Mitchell (explorer) travelled down the nearby Darling River.
Charles Sturt passed through the Wandjiwalgu lands during 1845,[7] and in 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed nearby.[8]
References
- https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233961755/view Historic map of Yungnulgra County
- 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)
- https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=SEDAC_POP NASA Earth Observations: Population Density”. NASA/SEDAC.
- David R Horton,Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATS and Sinclair Merz Knight 1996
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. p196.
- David R Horton (creator), Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, 1996.
- Web site: Sturt's Central Australian Expedition . Corner Country . http://web.archive.org/web/20190901171546/https://thecornercountry.com.au/sturt-s-expedition.html . 1 September 2019.
- Web site: The Burke and Wills Expedition . Corner Country . http://web.archive.org/web/20180910012729/http://outbacknsw.com.au/burke-and-wills-expedition.html . 10 September 2018.