Mumbedah, New South Wales

Mumbedah is a civil parish, a creek and a hill in central New South Wales.

Napier County

Mumbedah Parish is a civil parish of County of Napier,[1] a county of the central western part of New South Wales,[2] Australia in Warrumbungle Shire.[3]

History

Before European settlement the surrounding area was occupied by the Gamilaroi and Wiradjuri peoples. Allan Cunningham was the first British explorer to discover the area in 1823 while travelling through Pandoras Pass over the Warrumbungle ranges to the Liverpool Plains.

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References
  1. Robert McLean, 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 (Sydney :J. Sands, [1886) Map 14.
  2. "Napier County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
  3. Department of Lands, Sydney N.S.W , Map of the County of Napier, Central Division, N.S.W. (Published Sydney : Dept. of Lands, 1964).


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