Olive, also known as Olive Downs, is a civil parish of

Tongowoko County Tongowoko County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It is located in the remote north-west of the state, south of the Queensland border. The name Tongowoko is believed to be derived from a local Aboriginal word. Parish ...

in far north west New South Wales, located at 29°02′40″S 141°52′14″E.

Geography

A dry creek bed seen from the cliff face near Olive Downs Station The geography of Olive Parish is mostly the flat, arid landscape of the Channel Country but includes a series of mesa known as the Jump ups. The parish is on the Silver City Highway and lies 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
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History

The parish is on the traditional lands of the Yarli people. The parish is named for Olive Downs Station, a cattle run of 92,000 acres established between 1884 and 1886. The first recorded owners were Charles Murray and William Sanderson in 1889 but the property changed hands a number of times and grew in area to become 512,000 acres by 1912. In 1924 an adjoining property in Queensland was added to the run.NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
Draft Plan of Management Sturt National Park
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In 1924 or 1927 it became part of Sidney Kidman’s pastoral empire. It has been said that Kidman controlled a third of the West Darling region by 1920. Olive Downs Station ran huge flocks of sheep in its early days but by 1927–1932 these were dramatically reduced to an average of 12,172 head of sheep. - Draft Plan of Management Sturt National Park

Sturt National Park was established in 1972, "Tibooburra"
The

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. 1 January 2009. and today the entire parish is within the park.

References

Parishes of Tongowoko County Far West (New South Wales) {{FarWestNSW-geo-stub