Sturt Parish is a remote
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 Sturt is mostly the flat,
arid landscape of the
Channel Country. The nearest town is
Tibooburra to the east, which is on 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 ...
and lies south of the
Sturt National Park.
History
The Parish is on the traditional lands of the
Wadigali and to a lesser extent
Karenggapa,
Aboriginal
Aborigine, aborigine or aboriginal may refer to:
*Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology
* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
*One of several groups of indigenous peoples, see ...
peoples.
Charles Sturt camped at nearby
Preservation Creek
Preservation Creek is a creek in northwest New South Wales west of the town of Milparinka.
The creek is and flows from an elevation of and drops to an elevation of . The Nuggets Creek flows into the Preservation Creek. It is a tributary of Evel ...
(
Mount Poole
Mount Poole Station is a pastoral lease operating as a sheep station in New South Wales.
The property is situated approximately south west of Tibooburra and north west of White Cliffs.
History
The first Europeans to venture into the ar ...
) for six months during 1845, and in 1861 the
Burke and Wills expedition passed to the
east, through what is now the
Pindera Aboriginal Area.
[NSW National Parks and Wildlife service]
Draft Plan of Management Sturt National Park
(2017) p 22.
Gold was discovered nearby in the 1870s.
References
Parishes of Poole County
Far West (New South Wales)
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