Noonthorangee located at 30°57′50″S 142°17′53″ is a remote civil parish of Mootwingee County in far North West New South Wales.
Geography The area includes the Noonthorangee Range.Map of Noonthorangee Range, NSW. The area around Noonthorangee Range being open range lands, is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometre.NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/SEDAC. . The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (hot desert). (direct: Final Revised Paper)
History The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Bandjigali speakingTindale, Norman Barnett (1974). 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.
Charles Sturt passed through the general area during 1845,Sturt's Central Australian Expedition . In 1861 the Burke and Will's expedition camped here on 25 October.Dave Phoenix, Following Burke and Wills Across Australia: A Touring Guide(Csiro Publishing, 2015)p176-178.EB Joyce, DA McCann, Burke and Wills: The Scientific Legacy of the Victorian Exploring Expedition ( EB Joyce, DA McCann, Cairo Publishing, 2 November 2011 ) p112.see also The Burke and Wills Expedition .
The Mutawintji Road passes through the parish.
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