Tongowoko County

Tongowoko
Cadastral division
Location in New South Wales
Location in New South Wales
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
Lands administrative divisions around Tongowoko
Queensland Queensland Queensland
Poole Tongowoko Delalah
Evelyn Yantara Yantara

Tongowoko County is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It is located in the remote north-west of the state, south of the Queensland border.

The name Tongowoko is believed to be derived from a local Aboriginal word.[1]

Parishes within this county

A full list of parishes found within this county; their current LGA and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows:

ParishLGACoordinates
BinarooUnincorporated29°23′50″S 142°20′04″E / 29.39722°S 142.33444°E / -29.39722; 142.33444 (Binaroo)
BolwarryUnincorporated29°26′39″S 142°30′25″E / 29.44417°S 142.50694°E / -29.44417; 142.50694 (Bolwarry)
CalathundaUnincorporated29°17′01″S 142°37′25″E / 29.28361°S 142.62361°E / -29.28361; 142.62361 (Calathunda)
CaryapundyUnincorporated29°02′34″S 142°38′57″E / 29.04278°S 142.64917°E / -29.04278; 142.64917 (Caryapundy)
Churriga[2]Unincorporated
ConnulpieUnincorporated

29°15′03″S 142°32′49″E / 29.25083°S 142.54694°E / -29.25083; 142.54694 (Connulpie)

HermitageUnincorporated29°22′57″S 142°01′09″E / 29.38250°S 142.01917°E / -29.38250; 142.01917 (Hermitage)
KoonyaboothieUnincorporated29°36′59″S 142°23′17″E / 29.61639°S 142.38806°E / -29.61639; 142.38806 (Koonyaboothie)
KurawilliaUnincorporated29°36′59″S 142°34′32″E / 29.61639°S 142.57556°E / -29.61639; 142.57556 (Kurawillia)
Mokely[3]Unincorporated
Mount StuartUnincorporated29°30′32″S 142°01′08″E / 29.50889°S 142.01889°E / -29.50889; 142.01889 (Mount Stuart)
Mount WoodUnincorporated29°16′58″S 142°17′37″E / 29.28278°S 142.29361°E / -29.28278; 142.29361 (Mount Wood)
OliveUnincorporated29°02′40″S 141°52′14″E / 29.04444°S 141.87056°E / -29.04444; 141.87056 (Olive)
SilvaUnincorporated29°07′49″S 142°21′47″E / 29.13028°S 142.36306°E / -29.13028; 142.36306 (Silva)
TooncurrieUnincorporated29°31′44″S 142°13′52″E / 29.52889°S 142.23111°E / -29.52889; 142.23111 (Tooncurrie)
TongowokoUnincorporated
TorrensUnincorporated29°14′00″S 142°09′27″E / 29.23333°S 142.15750°E / -29.23333; 142.15750 (Torrens)
WanpahUnincorporated29°07′48″S 142°10′52″E / 29.13000°S 142.18111°E / -29.13000; 142.18111 (Wanpah)
WarrattaUnincorporated29°34′54″S 141°51′08″E / 29.58167°S 141.85222°E / -29.58167; 141.85222 (Warratta)
WarriUnincorporated29°02′09″S 141°57′55″E / 29.03583°S 141.96528°E / -29.03583; 141.96528 (Warri)
WhittabranahUnincorporated29°12′31″S 142°01′10″E / 29.20861°S 142.01944°E / -29.20861; 142.01944 (Whittabranah)
YalpungaUnincorporated29°02′40″S 142°03′13″E / 29.04444°S 142.05361°E / -29.04444; 142.05361 (Yalpunga)
YanderraUnincorporated29°20′36″S 142°34′55″E / 29.34333°S 142.58194°E / -29.34333; 142.58194 (Yandera)

From 2009, the parishes of Tongowoko lie within Division A of the Western Livestock Health and Pest District,[4] along with Evelyn, Farnell, Fitzgerald, Mootwingee, Poole, Tandora, Yantara, and Yungnulgra Counties; some parishes of Killara, Yancowinna, and Young; and with Connulpie and Omura Parishes of Delalah County.

References

  1. ↑ "Tongowoko". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "NSW Place and Road Naming Proposals System".
  3. ↑ "NSW Place and Road Naming Proposals System".
  4. ↑ "Rural Lands Protection Act 1998, Order – Section 6, Divisions of Western Livestock Health and Pest District" (PDF). N.S.W. Government Gazette (29): 760–787. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  • “Map of the County of Tongowoko, Western Division, N.S.W.” Sydney : Department of Lands, [1940] Digitized copy at Trove. Sheet 1, 2.
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