Country around Mt King.Mount King, New South Wales is a
civil parish of
Poole County
Poole County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It is located in the extreme north-west of the state, abutting Cameron Corner. It includes parts of Sturt National Park.
Poole County was named in honour of James Poole (e ...
in far North West
New South Wales, located at .
Geography
The Geography, of Mt King is mostly the flat,
arid landscape of the
Channel Country but includes a series of
mesa known as the "Jump ups" for which it is named.
Mt King is to the
west of 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 ...
and lies entirely within the
Sturt National Park.
The Queensland-New South Wales border forms the northern boundary of the parish, which is marked by The
Dingo Fence.
The parish has a
Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert).
[ ''(direct]
Final Revised Paper
'' The County is barely inhabited with a population density of less than 1 person per 150 km² and the landscape is a flat arid scrubland.
History
The parish is the traditional lands of the
Wadigali and
Karengali people.
Charles Sturt explored the area in 1845.
The
Mount King Station
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest.
Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
* Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England
* Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...
was established in the latter half of the 19th century, and is today one of seven former
cattle stations in the
Sturt National Park.
[NSW National Parks and Wildlife service]
Draft Plan of Management Sturt National Park
(2017) p 22.
References
Localities in New South Wales
Parishes of Poole County
Far West (New South Wales)
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