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Parish of Donalroe

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Rankin county NSW.

Donalroe Parish in Cobar Shire is a civil parish of Rankin County,;[1] a Cadastral division of New South Wales.[2][3]

The Parish is on the Darling River upstream of Wilcannia, New South Wales,;[4] a Cadastral division of New South Wales.[5][6] and is located at 31°11′32″S 144°10′24″E.

Geography

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The topography is flat with a Köppen climate classification of BsK (Hot semi arid).[7]

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

The traditional owners of the area are the Barundji and Barkindji people,[8][9] with the Danggalia people on the opposite bank of the Darling River.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ [cartographer] C.A. Orwin, 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).
  2. ^ "Rankin". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ The New atlas of Australia (John Sands, 1886) map 22.
  4. ^ [cartographer] C.A. Orwin, 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).
  5. ^ "Rankin". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013. Edit this at Wikidata
  6. ^ The New atlas of Australia (John Sands, 1886) map 24.
  7. ^ 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)
  8. ^ Norman Tindale's Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal Tribes
  9. ^ Aboriginal Australia Map, David Horton (ed.), 1994 published in The Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia by AIATSIS.