Yancowinna County is one of the 141
Cadastral divisions of New South Wales
For lands administrative purposes, New South Wales is divided into 141 counties, which are further divided into parishes. The counties were first set down in the Colony of New South Wales, which later became the Australian state of New Sou ...
.
The county contains the city of
Broken Hill (in Picton Parish) and village of
Silverton (in Umberumberka Parish). The County also has the hamlets of
Wallarunga/The Pinnacles and
Burns; and the
ghost town
Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to:
* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
Film and television
* ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
* ''Ghost Town'' (1956 film), an American Western film by All ...
s of
Tarrawingee and
Purnamoota.
Some New South Wales industrial relations laws have excluded the county of Yancowinna. The county is also the only part of New South Wales which is in the same time zone as
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
(
UTC+09:30 rather than
UTC+10:00).
The name Yancowinna is believed to be derived from a local
Aboriginal word and is also the name of the location within the county of Yancowinna Glen.
Parishes
A full list of parishes found within this county; their current
LGA and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows:
References
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Counties of New South Wales