Irrara 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 South Wa ...

. It is located south of the border with

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, east of the

Paroo River The Paroo River, a series of waterholes, connected in wet weather as a running stream of the Darling catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the South West region of Queensland and Far West region of New South Wales, Austr ...

, and west of the

Warrego River The Warrego River is an intermittent river that is part of the Darling River, Darling catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, which is located in South West Queensland and in the Orana (New South Wales), Orana region of New South Wales, Aus ...

. Irrara County has now towns of any size. The only settlements are the localities of Yantabulla, New South Wales and

Fords Bridge, New South Wales Fords Bridge is a remote outback village in northwestern New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , ...

. Yantabulla has been noted as being the future location of the rare double-sighting of

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s within short intervals of one another.

Barringun, Queensland Barringun is a rural locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. In the , Barringun had a population of 7 people. The former border town of Wooroorooka is within the south-west o ...

at the north eastern corner of the County,

Hungerford, Queensland Hungerford is an outback town in the Shire of Bulloo and a locality in the Shire of Bulloo and Shire of Paroo, South West Queensland, Australia. In the , Hungerford had a population of 23 people. The locality of Hungerford on the New South Wale ...

at the north west corner of the county

Enngonia, New South Wales Enngonia, formerly known as Eringonia, is a small town in the north-west of New South Wales, Australia, in Bourke Shire, approximately north of the regional centre of Bourke. The Warrego River runs just to the west of the town. The central ...

and Waanaring, New South Wales at the south west corner of the county all lie just outside the county. Irrara is believed to be derived from a local Aboriginal word.

Parishes within this county

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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External links

* 1964 county ma
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("County of Irrara, Western Division, Land District of Bourke, Darling Shire / compiled, drawn & printed at the Department of Lands, Sydney, N.S.W" 964 National Library of Australia, MAP G8971.G46 svar) * 1932 county ma
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("County of Irrara, Western Division, Land District of Bourke, N.S.W., 1932 / compiled, drawn and printed at the Department of Lands, Sydney, N.S.W." National Library of Australi
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) * 1886 map of Irrara and other nearby counties

("Map of the counties of Poole, Tongowoko, Delalah, Thoucanna, Irrara, Evelyn, Yantara, Barrona, Farnell, Mootwingee, Yungnulgra, Fitzgerald, Killara, Werunda, Landsborough, Young, Rankin, Ularara", in ''The New atlas of Australia : the complete work containing over one hundred maps and full descriptive geography of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, together with numerous illustrations and copious indices'' dited by Robert McLean John Sands publishers

886 __NOTOC__ Year 886 ( DCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * March – A wide-ranging conspiracy against Emperor Basil I, led by John Kourkouas, is uncovered. * ...

National Library of Australia, MAP RaA 30 Plate 24 (NSW).)