Gundabooka, Yanda

Gundabooka Parish New South Wales
Gundabooka Parish
Coordinates	30°32′0″S 145°47′0″E
Postcode(s)	2840
Elevation	100 m (328 ft)
LGA(s)	Bourke Shire
State electorate(s)	Barwon
Federal division(s)	Parkes

Gundabooka Parish is a civil parish,^[1] of Yanda County, a cadasteral division of New South Wales;^[2] a Cadastral division of New South Wales.^[3][4][5][6]

Location

The Parish is on the Darling River upstream of Louth, New South Wales^[7][8] and down stream of Bourke, New South Wales and is located at 30°48′57″S 145°48′36″E.

• Images from the park
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  Grey-crowned babbler in the park
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  Floodwaters near Yanda campground

Geography

The topography is flat with a Köppen climate classification of BsK (Hot semi arid).^[9] The climate is characterised by hot summers and mild winters. The annual average rainfall is 350 mm, although this is highly variable.^[10]

Much of the Parish is in the Gundabooka National Park and adjoining conservation area.^[11][12]

Etymology

Gunderbooka is believed to be derived from a local Aboriginal word and is also the name of Gundabook Station.^[13]

History

The traditional owners of the area are the Ngamba and Barkindji peoples.^[14][15]

The first European to the area was Thomas Mitchell.

See also

• Gunderbooka County

References

1. Map of the County of Yanda, Western Division, NSW 1918.
2. [cartographer] C.A. Orwin, [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233873384/view Map of the County of Rankin : Western Division, Land Districts of Bourke, Cobar and Wilcannia, N.S.W. 1912 (New South Wales. Department of Lands Title, Sydney N.S.W. 1914).
3. "Rankin". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
4. The New atlas of Australia (John Sands, 1886) map 24.
5. Yanda County Archived 6 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine, GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT.
6. / The New atlas of Australia, (John Sands, 1886), map 24.
7. [cartographer] C.A. Orwin, [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233873384/view Map of the County of Rankin : Western Division, Land Districts of Bourke, Cobar and Wilcannia, N.S.W. 1912 (New South Wales. Department of Lands Title, Sydney N.S.W. 1914).
8. The New atlas of Australia (John Sands, 1886) map 24.
9. 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)
10. Gundabooka National Park Plan of Management page 2.
11. Gundabooka National Park at NSW National Parks.
12. Gundabooka-national-park at visit NSW.
13. "Gunderbooka". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
14. Norman Tindale's Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal Tribes
15. Aboriginal Australia Map, David Horton (ed.), 1994 published in The Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia by AIATSIS.