Parish of Torrens explained

Type:other
Torrens 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]
County:Tongowoko
Stategov:Barwon
Fedgov:Parkes[2]
Maxtemp:27.4
Mintemp:13.9
Rainfall:230.5

Torrens Parish, New South Wales located at 29°14′00″S 142°09′27″E is a rural locality in and a cadastral parish of Tongowoko County, two kilometers north east from the town of Tibooburra, New South Wales. The parish is north east of Tibooburra,[3] within the Sturt National Park.[4]

Geography

The geography is typical of the flat, arid landscape of the Channel Country. 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).[5] The parish is barely inhabited with a population density of less than 1 person per 150 km2 and the landscape is a flat arid scrubland.

The Parish is on the traditional Lands of the Yarli people, and is named for the Torrens Creek Run, a pastoral station between the town of Tibooburra, New South Wales and Mount Wood Station.

The path of totality for the solar eclipse in November 2030 and October 2042 will pass over the parish.

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. http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/sturt-national-park/map?show=2&itemid={a48a2374-5d59-4c44-ae99-49b038aaed6e} Sturt National Park
  5. 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)