Dunlop Parish (Yanda County)

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Coordinates: 30°32′0″S 145°07′0″E / 30.53333°S 145.11667°E / -30.53333; 145.11667
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Dunlop Parish
Federal division(s)
Parkes

Dunlop Parish is a

Cadastral division of New South Wales.[3][4][5][6]

Location

The Parish is on the

Wilcannia, New South Wales[7][8] and down stream of Bourke, New South Wales
.

The only town of the parish is Louth, New South Wales.

Geography

The topography is flat with a Köppen climate classification of BsK (Hot semi arid).[9]

The economy in the parish is based on broad acre agriculture, mainly Wheat, and sheep.

  • Darling River Dunlop Parish
    Darling River Dunlop Parish
  • Louth bridge 1.JPG Dunlop Parish
    Louth bridge 1.JPG Dunlop Parish

The Dunlop Ranges are in the parish.

History

The

Barkindji people,[10][11]
The first European to the area was Thomas Mitchell (explorer).

In 1859 when Thomas Andrew Mathews, an Irish immigrant from County Louth, built a pub to serve the passing trade along the Darling River.

In 1888 the first mechanised shearing of sheep, in the world, took place at Sir Samuel McCaughey's Dunlop Station.[12]

External links

References

  1. ^ Map of the County of Yanda, Western Division, NSW 1918.
  2. ^ [cartographer] C.A. Orwin, [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233873384/view Map of the County of Rankin : Western Division, Land Districts of Bourke, Cobar and Wilcannia, N.S.W. 1912 (New South Wales. Department of Lands Title, Sydney N.S.W. 1914).
  3. ^ "Rankin". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ The New atlas of Australia (John Sands, 1886) map 24.
  5. ^ Yanda County Archived 6 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine, GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT.
  6. ^ / The New atlas of Australia, (John Sands, 1886), map 24.
  7. ^ [cartographer] C.A. Orwin, [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233873384/view Map of the County of Rankin : Western Division, Land Districts of Bourke, Cobar and Wilcannia, N.S.W. 1912 (New South Wales. Department of Lands Title, Sydney N.S.W. 1914).
  8. ^ The New atlas of Australia (John Sands, 1886) map 24.
  9. ISSN 1027-5606. (direct: Final Revised Paper
    )
  10. ^ Norman Tindale's Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal Tribes
  11. AIATSIS
    .
  12. ^ Trilby Station Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 26 September 2011
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