Urana County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the towns of

Urana Urana is a small town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is in the Federation Council local government area. Urana is located between Lockhart and Jerilderie, about southwest of the state capital, Sydney. To the wes ...

and

Bidgeemia Bidgeemia is a rural community in the central part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about nineteen kilometres west of Urangeline East and twenty-one kilometres east of Urana Urana is a small town in the Riverina region of New Sout ...

. The name Urana is believed to be derived from a local

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 ...

word, and is referenced in relation to the town of

Urana, New South Wales Urana is a small town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is in the Federation Council local government area. Urana is located between Lockhart and Jerilderie, about southwest of the state capital, Sydney. To the wes ...

as coming from the Aboriginal word 'airana', meaning a temporary shelter (usually consisting of a simple frame of branches covered with bark, leaves, or grass).Jervis, James, 'The Western Riverina: A History of Its Development', ''Royal Australian Historical Society Journal and Proceedings'', Vol. XXXVIII 1952, pp. 242-3.

Parishes within this county

A full list of parishes found within this county; their current

LGA LaGuardia Airport is a civil airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City. Covering , the facility was established in 1929 and began operating as a public airport in 1939. It is named after former New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia. ...

and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows: Urana County NSW (John Sands 1886 map)

References

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