Happy Valley, New South Wales
Happy Valley, New South Wales is a rural locality and civil parish of County of Landsborough[1] located to the north of the town of Louth, New South Wales.
Toorale National Park is in the parish, that is in Bourke Shire.
History
[edit]The traditional owners of the area are the Paruntiji,[2] meaning people belonging to the Paroo. Aboriginal people are known to have lived along the Paroo for at least 14,000 years (Robins, 1999).[citation needed]
The Burke and Wills expedition were the first Europeians to the area, passing a few miles to the west.
Climate
[edit]The climate is semi-arid, featuring low rainfall, very hot summer temperatures and cool nights in winter.[3] The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert).[4]
References
[edit]- ^ County of Landsborough, Western Division, .
- ^ https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia 2
- ^ BOM.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. (direct: Final Revised Paper http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.pdf)
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