Moolook, New South Wales
Mouloonk is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Evelyn County in far North West New South Wales.[1][2] located at 30°09′04″S 141°07′08″E.
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)[3]. The nearest town is Tibooburra to the east, which is on the Silver City Highway and lies south of the Sturt National Park.[4]
The western baundary of the parish is the south australian border.
History
The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Wadigali[5][6] Aboriginal peoples.[7]
Charles Sturt passed through the area during 1845,[8] In 1861 the Burke and Will's expedition passed to the east.[9]
References
- ^ "Poole County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ Aboriginal Heritage, 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.
- ^ The Burke and Wills Expedition.
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