Budda Parish in
Cobar Shire is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
of
Rankin County,; a
Cadastral division of
New South Wales
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The Parish is on the
Darling River upstream of
Wilcannia, New South Wales
Wilcannia is a small town located within the Central Darling Shire
Central Darling Shire is a local government area in the Far West region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Barrier Highway. Central Darlin ...
and is located at 31°07′15″S 144°16′48″E.
Geography
The topography is flat with a
Köppen climate classification
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of BsK (Hot semi arid).
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The economy in the parish is based on broad acre
agriculture
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, based on
Wheat
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and
sheep
Sheep or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are domesticated, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus ''Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated s ...
.
History
The
traditional owners of the area are the
Barundji and
Barkindji people
The Paakantyi, or Barkindji or Barkandji, are an Australian Aboriginal tribal group of the Darling River (known to them as the Baaka) basin in Far West New South Wales, Australia.
Name
The ethnonym Paakantyi means "River people", formed from ...
.
[Aboriginal Australia Map, David Horton (ed.), 1994 published in The Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia by ]AIATSIS
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), established as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS) in 1964, is an independent Australian Government statutory authority. It is a collecting, ...
.
In 1835, explorer Major
Thomas Mitchell was the first
Europe
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an to the region, in which he traced the
Darling River to what is now
Menindee
Menindee (frequently but erroneously spelled "Menindie"
) is a small town in the far west of New South Wales, Australia, in Central Darling Shire, on the banks of the Darling River, with a sign-posted population of 980 and a population of 551. ...
.
In June 1866, the township of Wilcannia was proclaimed.
See also
*
Rankin County, Mississippi
Rankin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The western border of the county is formed by the Pearl River. As of the 2010 census, the population was 141,617, making it the fourth-most populous county in Mississippi. The ...
References
Parishes of Rankin County
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