Gundabooka Parish is a civil parish, Map of the County of Yanda, Western Division, NSW 1918. of Yanda County, a cadastral division of New South Wales.[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).The New atlas of Australia (John Sands, 1886) map 24.Yanda County , GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT./ The New atlas of Australia, (John Sands, 1886), map 24.
Location The parish is on the Darling River upstream of Louth, New South Wales[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).The New atlas of Australia (John Sands, 1886) map 24. and downstream of Bourke, New South Wales and is located at 30°48′57″S 145°48′36″E.
Geography The topography is flat with a Köppen climate classification of BsK (hot semi-arid). (direct: Final Revised Paper) The climate is characterised by hot summers and mild winters. The annual average rainfall is 350 mm, although this is highly variable.Gundabooka National Park Plan of Management page 2.
Much of the parish is in the Gundabooka National Park and adjoining conservation area.Gundabooka National Park at NSW National Parks.Gundabooka-national-park at visit NSW.
Etymology Gundabooka is believed to be derived from a local Aboriginal word and is also the name of Gundabook Station.
History The traditional owners of the area are the Ngamba and Barkindji peoples.Norman Tindale's Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal TribesAboriginal Australia Map, David Horton (ed.), 1994 published in The Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia by AIATSIS.
The first European to the area was Thomas Mitchell.
See also Gunderbooka County
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