Английская Википедия:Beefwood Parish, New South Wales
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Beefwood Parish, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales.[1][2]
Geography
The Parish an arid landscape. Beefwood is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer.[3] The nearest town is Whitecliffs several km to the north west.
The parish has extremely hot summers and mild winters. Summers usually exceed 36 °C. Winters are usually around 17°C. The annual average rainfall is Шаблон:Convert which would make it a semi-arid climate except that its high evapotranspiration, or its aridity, makes it a desert climate. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert).[4]
Beefwood is at 31°08′44″S 143°13′23″ in Central Darling Shire.
History
The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Wandjiwalgu,[5][6] Aboriginal peoples.[7]
In 1838 Thomas Mitchell (explorer) travelled down the nearby Darling River.
Charles Sturt passed through the Wandjiwalgu lands during 1845,[8]
In 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed nearby.[9]
Opal was discovered in the area in the late 19th century.
References
- ↑ Шаблон:NSW GNR
- ↑ Historic map of Yungnulgra County.
- ↑ NASA Earth Observations: Population Density”. NASA/SEDAC. Шаблон:Webarchive.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal (direct: Final Revised Paper)
- ↑ David R Horton,Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATS and Sinclair Merz Knight 1996
- ↑ Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. p196.
- ↑ David R Horton (creator), Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, and Auslig/Sinclair Knight Merz, 1996.
- ↑ Sturt's Central Australian Expedition Шаблон:Webarchive.
- ↑ The Burke and Wills Expedition Шаблон:Webarchive.