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

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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

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of BsK (Hot semi arid). ''(direct
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'' The economy in the parish is based on broad acre

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, based on

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and

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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

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. In 1835, explorer Major Thomas Mitchell was the first

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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.

References

Parishes of Rankin County {{NewSouthWales-geo-stub

Geography

History

See also

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