Burrendah, New South Wales

Burrendah
Burrendah
Coordinates: 31°42′0″S 148°40′0″E / 31.70000°S 148.66667°E / -31.70000; 148.66667
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
LGA
Location
  • 460 km (290 mi) from Sydney
  • 66 km (41 mi) from Dubbo
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Elevation
282 m (925 ft)
Postcode
2827
Mean max temp24.7 °C (76.5 °F)
Mean min temp9.9 °C (49.8 °F)
Annual rainfall557.2 mm (21.94 in)

Burrendah, New South Wales is a bounded rural locality of Gilgandra Shire and a civil parish of Gowen County,[1][2] a county of New South Wales.[3]

The Parish is on the Wallumburrawang Creek a tributary of the Castlereagh River, and the nearest settlement of the parish is Gilgandra, New South Wales to the west.[4] The main economic activity of the parish is agriculture.

The parish is on the traditional lands of the Weilwan Aboriginal people.

References

  1. ^ Robert McLean, The New atlas of Australia : the complete work containing over one hundred maps and full descriptive geography of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, together with numerous illustrations and copious indices (Sydney :J. Sands, [1886) Map 1.
  2. ^ Map of Gowan County, New South Wales.
  3. ^ "Gowen". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  4. ^ Robert McLean, The New atlas of Australia : the complete work containing over one hundred maps and full descriptive geography of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, together with numerous illustrations and copious indices (Sydney :J. Sands, [1886) Map 14.