Far West (New South Wales)
| Far West New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Far West | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°57′24″S 141°28′04″E / 31.95667°S 141.46778°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 44,917 (2016 census)[Note 1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.305597/km2 (0.791493/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 146,981 km2 (56,749.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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The Far West region of
Central West and the Riverina. It is an area with limited rainfall, and the only major rivers found in it are the Darling River and the Murray River (on its southern edge), which originate in the Great Dividing Range to the east. The region corresponds to the combination of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's forecast areas of Upper Western and Lower Western.[1] It also corresponds to the Western Division established under the New South Wales Western Lands Act 1901.[2][3]
The only city in the Far West is
.Ninety-five per cent of the region is uncleared.rain follows the plough" concept was exposed by the droughts of the 1890s, and many of the stations established during this period were subsequently abandoned.
The Far West region is traversed by the
Sydney-Perth Railway
.
Notes
- ^ Population figure is the combined population of all LGAs in the region and includes the Unincorporated Far West Region.
See also
References
- ^ "Forecast areas". Bureau of Meteorology. Archived from the original on 12 November 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2006.
- ^ "Western Lands Act 1901". New South Wales Consolidated Acts. Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 6 November 2006.
- ^ "DNR and the Western Division". Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 23 October 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2006.
- ^ "Native Vegetation Management in NSW". Government of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 18 September 2006. Retrieved 2006-11-06.
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Outback (New South Wales).
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Far West (New South Wales).
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