Milring, New South Wales
Milring Parish is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Evelyn County in far northwest New South Wales.[1] located at 29°54′29″S 141°40′53″E.
| Milring, New South Wales New South Wales | |||||||||
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 Country around Milring | |||||||||
  Milring, New South Wales | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 29.732°S 141.868°E | ||||||||
| Population | 0 (2016 census) | ||||||||
| Established | 1880 | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2880 | ||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Unincorporated Far West Region | ||||||||
| County | Evelyn | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Barwon | ||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Farrer | ||||||||
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Geography
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).[2] The nearest town is Tibooburra to the north east, which is on the Silver City Highway and lies south of the Sturt National Park.[3]
History
The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Wadigali[4] and to a lesser extent Karenggapa,[5] Aboriginal peoples.[6]
Charles Sturt passed through the area and camping for six months at nearby Preservation Creek, during 1845,[7]
In 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed to the east.[8]
Gold was discovered nearby in the 1870s.
References
- Map of the County of Evelyn : Western Division.
- 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)
- Olive Downs campground.
- Aboriginal Heritage Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Corner Country History & Heritage.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Karenggapa (NSW)". 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.
- The Burke and Wills Expedition Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine.