Urana County Explained

Type:	cadastral
Urana
State:	nsw
Near-Nw:	Boyd
Near-N:	Boyd
Near-Ne:	Mitchell
Near-E:	Mitchell
Near-Se:	Hume
Near-S:	Denison
Near-Sw:	Townsend
Near-W:	Townsend

Urana County is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the towns of Urana and Bidgeemia.

The name Urana is believed to be derived from a local Aboriginal word, and is referenced in relation to the town of Urana, New South Wales as coming from the Aboriginal word 'airana', meaning a temporary shelter (usually consisting of a simple frame of branches covered with bark, leaves, or grass).^[1]

Parishes within this county

A full list of parishes found within this county; their current LGA and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows:

Parish	LGA	Coordinates
		-35.0817°N 146.2178°W
		-34.9817°N 146.2844°W
		-35.215°N 145.8178°W
		-35.4817°N 145.5678°W
		-35.0817°N 146.6511°W
		-35.5483°N 146.0844°W
		-35.1817°N 146.0011°W
		-35.2983°N 146.5844°W
		-35.0983°N 145.8178°W
		-35.0483°N 145.9844°W
		-35.0983°N 145.9844°W
		-35.265°N 146.3511°W
		-35.0317°N 145.8678°W
		-35.2708°N 145.8356°W
		-35.4817°N 146.1844°W
		-35.515°N 146.1678°W
		-35.3983°N 146.7511°W
		-35.0317°N 146.4511°W
		-35.2483°N 145.9844°W
		-34.965°N 146.1344°W
		-35.1317°N 146.1011°W
		-35.3983°N 146.0844°W
		-35.1983°N 146.1678°W
		-35.2983°N 145.5844°W
		-35.3983°N 145.5678°W
		-35.015°N 146.1178°W
		-35.2817°N 146.5011°W
		-35.0817°N 146.0678°W
		-35.3817°N 146.3678°W
		-35.4317°N 146.5844°W
		-35.1817°N 146.7511°W
		-35.065°N 145.6178°W
		-35.265°N 146.2511°W
		-35.565°N 146.2511°W
		-35.4817°N 145.9011°W
		-35.3983°N 146.1678°W
		-35.2983°N 146.6678°W
		-35.4817°N 146.0844°W
		-34.9317°N 146.2344°W
		-35.2983°N 145.7344°W
		-35.3817°N 145.7344°W
		-35.2317°N 146.0678°W
		-35.115°N 146.5178°W
		-35.215°N 146.7678°W
		-35.515°N 145.7678°W
		-35.115°N 146.3511°W
		-35.0217°N 146.3753°W
		-35.1983°N 146.5011°W
		-35.465°N 146.8011°W
		-35.2983°N 146.7678°W
		-35.4317°N 146.2678°W
		-35.365°N 146.0178°W
		-35.1983°N 146.6844°W
		-35.4483°N 146.0178°W
		-35.515°N 146.0178°W
		-35.1817°N 146.3678°W
		-34.9317°N 145.8844°W
		-35.465°N 146.6678°W
		-35.0983°N 145.7011°W
		-35.4317°N 146.5178°W
		-35.165°N 145.9678°W
		-35.3317°N 146.2678°W
		-35.365°N 146.5178°W
		-35.465°N 146.7344°W
		-34.915°N 145.6678°W
		-35.265°N 146.1511°W
		-34.9817°N 146.3844°W
		-35.1983°N 146.2678°W
		-35.4983°N 146.2844°W
		-35.165°N 145.5844°W
		-35.4483°N 145.7178°W
		-34.9483°N 146.0011°W
		-34.9983°N 145.8011°W
		-34.915°N 145.7844°W
		-35.3817°N 145.9011°W
		-35.2881°N 145.9183°W

Notes and References

Jervis, James, 'The Western Riverina: A History of Its Development', Royal Australian Historical Society Journal and Proceedings, Vol. XXXVIII 1952, pp. 242-3.