Parish of Budda

Budda Parish in Cobar Shire is a civil parish of Rankin County,;[cartographer] C.A. Orwin, 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). a Cadastral division of New South Wales.The New atlas of Australia (John Sands, 1886) map 22. The Parish is on the Darling River upstream of Wilcannia, New South Wales and is located at 31°07′15″S 144°16′48″E.

Geography The topography is flat with a Köppen climate classification of BsK (Hot semi arid). (direct: Final Revised Paper)

The economy in the parish is based on broad acre agriculture, based on Wheat and sheep.

History The traditional owners of the area are the Barundji and Barkindji people.Norman Tindale's Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal TribesAboriginal Australia Map, David Horton (ed.), 1994 published in The Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia by AIATSIS.

In 1835, explorer Major Thomas Mitchell was the first European to the region, in which he traced the Darling River to what is now Menindee. In June 1866, the township of Wilcannia was proclaimed.

See also Rankin County, Mississippi

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