Koorningbirry located at 30°23′56″S 142°11′53″E is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Mootwingee County in far North West New South Wales.[1]

Geography

Mootwingee County.

The geography of the Parish is mostly a flat, arid landscape. The nearest town is Tibooburra to the north and Whitecliffs to the east.

The Little Koorningbirry Range is within the parish.[2]

History

The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Bandjigali language[3] Aboriginal peoples.[4] Charles Sturt passed through the area during 1845,[5] In 1861 the Burke and Will's expedition passed to the east.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Mootwingee County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
  2. ↑ Little Koorningbirry Range, New South Wales.
  3. ↑ Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. p196.
  4. ↑ David R Horton (creator), © Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, 1996.
  5. ↑ Sturt's Central Australian Expedition Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ The Burke and Wills Expedition Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine.


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