Gooruba, New South Wales, located at 30°23′56″S 142°11′53″E, is a remote civil parish of Mootwingee County in far North West New South Wales.Map of Gooruba.
Geography The Geography, of the Parish is mostly a flat, arid landscape although ephemeral lakes are found in the area. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert). (direct: Final Revised Paper) The nearest town is Whitecliffs to the east.
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 area during 1845,Sturt's Central Australian Expedition . and in 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed nearby.The Burke and Wills Expedition .
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