Eringanerin, New South Wales

Eringanerin
The main street of Gilgandra Township
Eringanerin
Coordinates: 31°42′0″S 148°40′0″E / 31.70000°S 148.66667°E / -31.70000; 148.66667
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
RegionCenter West
LGA
Location
  • 460 km (290 mi) from Sydney
  • 66 km (41 mi) from Dubbo
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Elevation
282 m (925 ft)
Population
 • Total3,126 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode
2827
CountyGowen County
Mean max temp24.7 °C (76.5 °F)
Mean min temp9.9 °C (49.8 °F)
Annual rainfall557.2 mm (21.94 in)

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

Geography

The only town of the county is Gilgandra,[4] seat of the shire.

The parish is on the Castlereagh River and Great Australian Basin and, specifically, over the Surat Sub-basin of the GAB.[5]

History

In 1888 Gilgandra township was proclaimed, and the first town blocks were sold in 1889 though as postal service (1867), school (1881) and court house (1884) were already established. The Council was constituted in 1906.[6] During World War I, the so-called Coo-ee recruitment march to Sydney began here.

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Gilgandra (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Map of Gowan County, New South Wales.
  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.
  5. ^ 'Introducing Groundwater to Your Catchment', Murray-Darling Basin Commission p.151. Online at https://www.mdba.gov.au/sites/default/files/archived/mdbc-GW-reports/2172_Introducing_GW_to_your_catchment.pdf. Accessed 19 April 2018
  6. ^ "Gilgandra " District History". Gilgandra Shire Council (www.gilgandra.nsw.gov.au). 2004. Archived from the original on 19 August 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2006.