Parish of Neon

Neon Parish, New South Wales is a rural locality and a cadastral parish of Ularara County New South Wales.[1][2]

Ularara County NSW.

The parish is located at 29.39460°S 143.56040°E / -29.39460; 143.56040 and sits on Possum Creek, a Tributary of the Paroo River. The climate is semi-arid, featuring low rainfall, very hot summer temperatures and cool nights in winter. [3]

History

The parish is on the traditional lands of the Paaruntyi people.

The Burke and Wills expedition were the first Europeans to the area, passing a few miles to the west.

Geography

The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert).[4]

Map of Ularara County in North west New South Wales
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References
  1. / Map of the County of Ularara, Western Division, Land Districts of Bourke (New South Wales. Department of Lands).
  2. "Ularara". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  3. BOM.
  4. 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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