Yantabulla, New South Wales
| Yantabulla New South Wales | |
|---|---|
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  Yantabulla | |
| Coordinates | 29°20′54″S 145°00′05″E / 29.34833°S 145.00139°E |
| Population | 28 (2016 census)[1] |
| Postcode(s) | 2840 |
| LGA(s) | Bourke Shire |
| State electorate(s) | Barwon |
| Federal division(s) | Parkes |
Yantabulla, New South Wales is a ghost town in far north west New South Wales, Australia. It is on the border of New South Wales and Queensland.
The town is on the traditional lands of the Paaruntyi people.[2]
The village is adjacent to the Yantabulla Swamp,[3] part of the Ramsar listed Currawinya Important Bird Area.
Yantabulla has been noted as being the future location of the rare double-sighting of solar eclipses within short intervals of one another,[4] and should experience three eclipses before 2040.
The town is in Irrara County,[5] a cadasteral division of New South Wales.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yantabulla (state suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Parundji (NSW)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6. p198.
- ^ Yantabulla map
- ^ If you want to see less of the sun, become an Australian
- ^ County of Irrara, Western Division, Land District of Bourke, Darling Shire / compiled, drawn & printed at the Department of Lands, Sydney, N.S.W (Department of Lands, Sydney N.S.W, 1964).
- ^ "Irrara County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
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