Parish of Hebden
Hebden is a Parish of Ularara County in north west New South Wales.[1]
Located at 29°43′32″S 143°58′59″E / 29.725556°S 143.983056°E 10 km west of Wanaaring, New South Wales the main economic activity of the parish is agriculture. The climate is semi-arid, featuring low rainfall, very hot summer temperatures and cool nights in winter.
The Parish is on Possum Creek, a tributary of the Paroo River.
History
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Hebden Parish is on the traditional lands of the Paaruntyi people and The Burke and Wills expedition were the first Europeans to the area.
Climate
[edit]The climate is semi-arid, featuring low rainfall, very hot summer temperatures and cool nights in winter. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert).[2] A minimum temperature of -3.9 °C was recorded in July 1997.[3]
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References
[edit]- ^ "Ularara". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. (direct: Final Revised Paper)
- ^ http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_048079_All.shtml [bare URL]
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