Robe, Yancowinna County is a
civil parish
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of
Yancowinna County in Far Western
New South Wales
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.
The parish is located near
Purnamoota
Purnamoota is a rural locality, cattle station ( Purnamoota Station), and ghost town of the Unincorporated Far West and a civil parish of Yancowinna County, and is located about north of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Purnamoota is ...
north of
Broken Hill
Broken Hill is a city in the Far West (New South Wales), far west region of outback New South Wales, Australia. An inland mining city, it is near the border with South Australia on the crossing of the Barrier Highway (A32) and the Silver City Hi ...
.
The parish takes its name from Mount Robe a peak in the
Barrier Range
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Barrier may also refer to:
Places
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located at 31º 39' 24.26" S 141º 19' 35.81" E. and has an
altitude
Altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum (geodesy), datum and a point or object. The exact definition and reference datum varies according to the context (e.g., aviation, geometr ...
of 459.66m.
Mount Robe, New South Wales
References
Far West (New South Wales)