Parish of Yambunya
Yambunya is a parish of Ularara County in northwest New South Wales, Australia.[1] It is between Milparinka and Wilcannia and west of Wanaaring.[2]
The main economic activity of the parish is agriculture, with the Ardoo and the Salisbury Downs Station, and the parish is at 29°55′59″S 143°46′28″E.
History
[edit]The parish is in the traditional lands of the Bandjigali and Karenggapa people. The Burke and Wills expedition were the first Europeans to the area.
Geography
[edit]Yambunya parish has mainly red soil semi-open Mulga country with stands of box[ambiguous] and beefwood running into some harder Mulga stone country. The main groundcover is Woollybutt. The soft soils have the ability to grow a wide variety and mix of grasses and herbages in season.
Climate
[edit]The climate is semi-arid, featuring low rainfall, very hot summer temperatures and cool nights in winter. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert).[3] A minimum temperature of -3.9 °C was recorded in nearby Wanaaring in July 1997.[4]
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References
[edit]- ^ "Ularara". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ Map of the County of Ularara, Western Division, Land Districts of Bourke, New South Wales. Department of Lands.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification". 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.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_048079_All.shtml [bare URL]
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