Parish of Corriwelpie

Corriwelpie, New South Wales is a civil Parish, of the County of Delalah [1] a cadareal division of New South Wales.

Geography

The Parish is located at 29°02'06.0"S 142°46'42.0"E. The topography is the flat arid landscape of the Channel County with a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot semi arid).[2]

The economy in the parish is based on broad acre agriculture, mainly Wheat, and sheep. There are no towns in the parish and the nearest settlement is Tibooburra, New South Wales and Hungerford , Queensland. The Queensland and New South Wales border runs along the northern boundary of the parish.

History

The parish is on the traditional land of the Karrengappa people. The first Europeans through the area were Burke and Wills and in the 1890s was included in the Albert Goldfields.

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References
  1. Map of the County of Delalah, Western Division, N.S.W., 1914 (Department of Lands, Sydney N.S.W, 1914).
  2. 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)


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