The Parish of Tindara is a remote
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
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
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Geography
The Geography, of Sturt is mostly the flat,
arid
A region is arid when it severely lacks available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. Regions with arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic. Most ar ...
landscape of the
Channel Country. The nearest town is
Tibooburra to the south 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 the V ...
and lies south of the
Sturt National Park.
History
Charles Sturt camped at nearby
Preservation Creek (
Mount Poole) 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. on the far side of
Sturt National Park.
Gold was discovered nearby in the 1870s.
References
Parishes of Poole County
Far West (New South Wales)
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