Parish of Stewart

Stewart, is a remote civil parish of Poole County in far North West New South Wales.[1][2] Stewart is located 10 miles south of Cameron's Corner.

Map of the location of Stewart Parish in Far Western New South Wales.

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.

History

The parish is the traditional lands of the Wadigali people, one of the speakers of a Yarli language.

Charles Sturt explored the area in 1845.

See also

References
  1. "Poole County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
  2. / Map of the County of Poole : Western Division, .
  3. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. (direct: Final Revised Paper)


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