Koorningbirry

Koorningbirry located at 30°23′56″S 142°11′53″E is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Mootwingee County in far North West New South Wales.[1]

Geography
Mootwingee County.

The geography of the Parish is mostly a flat, arid landscape. The nearest town is Tibooburra to the north and Whitecliffs to the east.

The Little Koorningbirry Range is within the parish.[2]

History

The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Bandjigali language[3] Aboriginal peoples.[4] Charles Sturt passed through the area during 1845,[5] In 1861 the Burke and Will's expedition passed to the east.[6]

References
  1. "Mootwingee County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
  2. Little Koorningbirry Range, New South Wales.
  3. Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. p196.
  4. David R Horton (creator), © Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, 1996.
  5. Sturt's Central Australian Expedition Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. The Burke and Wills Expedition Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine.


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