Parish of Haynes
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Haynes is a remote civil parish of Evelyn County in far northwest New South Wales,[1] located at 30°24′24″S 141°04′48″E.
Geography
[edit]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 east, which is on the Silver City Highway and lies south of the Sturt National Park.[3]
The western boundary of the parish is the South Australian border.
History
[edit]The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Wadigali[4][5] Aboriginal peoples.[6]
Charles Sturt passed through the area during 1845.[7]
In 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed to the east.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
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