Packsaddle, New South Wales is a remote township and
civil parish
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of
Evelyn County, New South Wales
Evelyn County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales, Australia.
Evelyn County is named in honour of Police Magistrate Evelyn Pitfield Shirley Sturt (1816–1885) who was the brother of Charles Sturt
Charles Napier Sturt ( ...
within the
Far West Region. Its population is 87.
The parish was calculate at 318500
acre
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* Imperial, California
* Imperial, Missouri
* Imp ...
s.
The
settlement
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*Human settlement, a community where people live
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is located where the
Silver City Highway
Silver City Highway is a highway that links Buronga, New South Wales to the Queensland border via Wentworth, Broken Hill, and Tibooburra, in the arid Far West region of New South Wales; a short branch also connects to Calder Highway on the V ...
crosses the
Packsaddle Creek.
The name is said by some to have been given by
Burke and Wills
The Burke and Wills expedition was organised by the Royal Society of Victoria in Australia in 1860–61. It consisted of 19 men led by Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, with the objective of crossing Australia from Melbourne in the ...
who lost a
packsaddle crossing the creek upstream from the modern hamlet.
The area was owned by
Goldborough Mort and Co in the 1890s, and
Kidman in the 1920s.
A
gymkhana
Gymkhana () ( ur, جِمخانہ, sd, جمخانه, hi, जिमख़ाना, as, জিমখানা, bn, জিমখানা) is a British Raj term which originally referred to a place of assembly. The meaning then altered to den ...
is held at
Easter
Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the '' Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel ...
time.
Packsaddle, Outback NSw
The parish has a Köppen climate classification
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of BWh (Hot desert).[ ''(direct]
Final Revised Paper
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References
Unincorporated Far West Region
Parishes of Evelyn County
Towns in New South Wales
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