Parish of Noonthorangee

Noonthorangee located at 30°57′50″S 142°17′53″ is a remote civil parish of Mootwingee County in far North West New South Wales.^[1]

Geography

Mootwingee County.

The area includes the Noonthorangee Range.^[2] The area around Noonthorangee Range being open range lands,^[3] is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer.^[4] The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (hot desert).^[5]

History

The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Bandjigali speaking^[6] Aboriginal peoples.^[7]

Charles Sturt passed through the general area during 1845,^[8] In 1861 the Burke and Will's expedition camped here on 25 October.^[9]^[10]^[11]

The Mutawintji Road passes through the parish.

References

^ "Mootwingee County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
^ Map of Noonthorangee Range, NSW.
^ NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification".
^ NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/SEDAC..
^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. (direct: Final Revised Paper)
^ 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.
^ Sturt's Central Australian Expedition Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Dave Phoenix, Following Burke and Wills Across Australia: A Touring Guide(Csiro Publishing, 2015)p176-178.
^ EB Joyce, DA McCann, Burke and Wills: The Scientific Legacy of the Victorian Exploring Expedition ( EB Joyce, DA McCann, Cairo Publishing, 2 November 2011 ) p112.
^ see also The Burke and Wills Expedition Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine.

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[1] "Mootwingee County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.

[2] Map of Noonthorangee Range, NSW.

[3] NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification".

[4] NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/SEDAC..

[Peel-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: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. (direct: Final Revised Paper)

[6] Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. p196.

[7] David R Horton (creator), © Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, 1996.

[8] Sturt's Central Australian Expedition Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine.

[9] Dave Phoenix, Following Burke and Wills Across Australia: A Touring Guide(Csiro Publishing, 2015)p176-178.

[10] EB Joyce, DA McCann, Burke and Wills: The Scientific Legacy of the Victorian Exploring Expedition ( EB Joyce, DA McCann, Cairo Publishing, 2 November 2011 ) p112.

[11] see also The Burke and Wills Expedition Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine.

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