Utah Parish, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Evelyn County in far northwest New South Wales. located at 30°04′48″S 142°03′23″E.
Geography The geography of Sturt is mostly the flat, arid landscape of the Channel Country. The nearest town is Tibooburra to the north, which is on the Silver City Highway, and south of the Sturt National Park.Olive Downs campground.
History The Parish is on the traditional lands of the WadigaliAboriginal Heritage , Corner Country History & Heritage. and to a lesser extent Karenggapa,Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Karenggapa (NSW)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. p196. Aboriginal peoples.David R Horton (creator), © Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, 1996.
In April 1529 Spain and Portugal divided the world between themselves with the Treaty of Zaragoza. Unknown to the Wadigali, their dividing line passed through the parish.
Charles Sturt passed to the west of the parish during 1845,Sturt's Central Australian Expedition . camping for 6 months at nearby Preservation Creek.
In 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed to the east.The Burke and Wills Expedition .
Gold was discovered in the area in the 1870s.
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