Moolook, New South Wales
Mouloonk is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Evelyn County in far northwest New South Wales.[1][2] located at 30°09′04″S 141°07′08″E.
Geography
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Evelyn County
The geography of the Parish is mostly the flat, arid landscape of the Channel Country. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert).[3] The nearest town is Tibooburra to the east, which is on the Silver City Highway and lies south of the Sturt National Park.[4]
The western boundary of the parish is the South Australian border.
History
The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Wadigali[5][6] Aboriginal peoples.[7]
Charles Sturt passed through the area during 1845,[8] In 1861 the Burke and Will's expedition passed to the east.[9]
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References
- "Poole County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
- Map of the County of Evelyn: Western Division.
- Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. (direct: Final Revised Paper)
- Olive Downs campground.
- Aboriginal Heritage Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Corner Country History & Heritage.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Karenggapa (NSW)". 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 Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine.
- The Burke and Wills Expedition Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine.
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