Parish of Tooncurrie

Tooncurrie Parish located at 29°31′44″S 142°13′52″E just east of Tibooburra, New South Wales is a cadastral parish of Tongowoko County New South Wales.^[1] The town of Tibooburrais just outside the parish.^[2]

landscape near Tooncurrie

Geography

The Geography, of the parish is mostly the flat, arid landscape of the Channel Country. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert).^[3] The County is barely inhabited with a population density of less than 1 person per 150 km² and the landscape is a flat arid scrubland.

Gold was found in the area in the 1870 but today the parish is just inside the Sturt National Park. Water scarcity has always been a problem to habitation.

Other than Sturt National Park, the main feature of the parish is Tibooburra airport.

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  Landscape of Tongawoko County near Tooncurrie Parish
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  Landscape in the parish adjoining Tooncurry.