Parish of Bimpia (Mootwingee County)

Bimpia located at 30°47′21″S 142°03′46E is a remote civil parish of Mootwingee County in far North West New South Wales.[1]

Geography

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Mootwingee 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).[2] The nearest town is Tibooburra to the north and Whitecliffs to the east.

The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Bandjigali language[3][4] Aboriginal peoples.[5] Charles Sturt passed through the area during 1845,[6] In 1861 the Burke and Will's expedition passed to the east.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Mootwingee County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.  
  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)
  3. ^ Aboriginal Heritage Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Corner Country History & Heritage].
  4. ^ Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Karenggapa (NSW)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. p196.
  5. ^ David R Horton (creator), © Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, 1996.
  6. ^ Sturt's Central Australian Expedition Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ^ The Burke and Wills Expedition Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine.