Timor Parish, New South Wales

Timor Parish is a bounded rural locality and civil parish of Gowen County, in the central north of New South Wales.[1][2]

Gowen NSW.
Mopra radio telescope Timor Parish.

Location

Timor Parish.]]The parish is on the headwaters of the Castlereagh River.[3] The topography is dominated by Shawns Creek, the Castlereagh River, Warrumbungle National Park and the Nandi Hills. The nearest town of Timor Parish is Coonabarrabran.

Much of the economy is agriculture based, though a portion is derived from Astronomy due to the presence of the Anglo-Australian Telescope in the adjoining parish. A large portion of the Warrumbungle National Park is also in the parish. The Mopra Radio Teliscope is n the parish

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. Map of Gowan County, New South Wales.
  3. 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.


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