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Urana County, New South Wales is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the towns of Urana and Bidgeemia.
The name Urana is believed to be derived from a local Aboriginal word,[1] and is referenced in relation to the town of Urana, New South Wales as coming from the Aboriginal word 'airana', meaning a temporary shelter (usually consisting of a simple frame of branches covered with bark, leaves, or grass).[2]
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:
| Parish |
LGA |
Coordinates |
| Betts |
Urana Shire Council |
35°04′54″S, 146°13′04″E |
| Bingagong |
Urana Shire Council |
34°58′54″S, 146°17′04″E |
| Bolton |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°12′54″S, 145°49′04″E |
| Booroobanilly |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°28′54″S, 145°34′04″E |
| Boree Creek |
Urana Shire Council |
35°04′54″S, 146°39′04″E |
| Boreegerry |
Urana Shire Council |
35°32′54″S, 146°05′04″E |
| Brookong North |
Lockhart Shire Council |
35°10′54″S, 146°00′04″E |
| Brookong |
Lockhart Shire Council |
35°17′54″S, 146°35′04″E |
| Broome |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°05′54″S, 145°49′04″E |
| Bundure North |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°02′54″S, 145°59′04″E |
| Bundure |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°05′54″S, 145°59′04″E |
| Butherwa |
Urana Shire Council |
35°15′54″S, 146°21′04″E |
| Cadell |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°01′54″S, 145°52′04″E |
| Carnerney |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°16′15″S, 145°50′08″E |
| Clear Hill |
Urana Shire Council |
35°28′54″S, 146°11′04″E |
| Clear Hill |
Urana Shire Council |
35°30′54″S, 146°10′04″E |
| Clive |
Lockhart Shire Council |
35°23′54″S, 146°45′04″E |
| Clyde |
Narrandera Shire Council |
35°01′54″S, 146°27′04″E |
| Cocketgedong |
Urana Shire Council |
35°14′54″S, 145°59′04″E |
| Colkmannan |
Urana Shire Council |
34°57′54″S, 146°08′04″E |
| Colombo |
Urana Shire Council |
35°07′54″S, 146°06′04″E |
| Combermere |
Urana Shire Council |
35°23′54″S, 146°05′04″E |
| Coonong |
Urana Shire Council |
35°11′54″S, 146°10′04″E |
| Coree North |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°17′54″S, 145°35′04″E |
| Coree South |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°23′54″S, 145°34′04″E |
| Crommelin |
Urana Shire Council |
35°00′54″S, 146°07′04″E |
| Cullivel |
Lockhart Shire Council |
35°16′54″S, 146°30′04″E |
| Douglas |
Urana Shire Council |
35°04′54″S, 146°04′04″E |
| Faed |
Urana Shire Council |
35°22′54″S, 146°22′04″E |
| Finlay |
Lockhart Shire Council |
35°25′54″S, 146°35′04″E |
| Galore |
Lockhart Shire Council |
35°10′54″S, 146°45′04″E |
| Goolgumbla |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°03′54″S, 145°37′04″E |
| Gunambill |
Urana Shire Council |
35°15′54″S, 146°15′04″E |
| Gunambill |
Urana Shire Council |
35°33′54″S, 146°15′04″E |
| Hardie |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°28′54″S, 145°54′04″E |
| Hastings |
Urana Shire Council |
35°23′54″S, 146°10′04″E |
| Hebden |
Lockhart Shire Council |
35°17′54″S, 146°40′04″E |
| Henty |
Urana Shire Council |
35°28′54″S, 146°05′04″E |
| Howell |
Urana Shire Council |
34°55′54″S, 146°14′04″E |
| Jerilderie North |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°17′54″S, 145°44′04″E |
| Jerilderie South |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°22′54″S, 145°44′04″E |
| Kendall |
Urana Shire Council |
35°13′54″S, 146°04′04″E |
| Lake |
Urana Shire Council |
35°06′54″S, 146°31′04″E |
| Lockhart |
Lockhart Shire Council |
35°12′54″S, 146°46′04″E |
| Mairjimmy |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°30′54″S, 145°46′04″E |
| Morundah South |
Urana Shire Council |
35°06′54″S, 146°21′04″E |
| Morundah |
Urana Shire Council |
35°01′18″S, 146°22′31″E |
| Mucra |
Lockhart Shire Council |
35°11′54″S, 146°30′04″E |
| Munyabla |
Lockhart Shire Council |
35°27′54″S, 146°48′04″E |
| Napier |
Lockhart Shire Council |
35°17′54″S, 146°46′04″E |
| North Gunambill |
Urana Shire Council |
35°25′54″S, 146°16′04″E |
| Nowranie |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°21′54″S, 146°01′04″E |
| Osborne |
Lockhart Shire Council |
35°11′54″S, 146°41′04″E |
| Palmer |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°26′54″S, 146°01′04″E |
| Palmer |
Urana Shire Council |
35°30′54″S, 146°01′04″E |
| Piney Ridge |
Urana Shire Council |
35°10′54″S, 146°22′04″E |
| Pullega |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
34°55′54″S, 145°53′04″E |
| Ross |
Lockhart Shire Council |
35°27′54″S, 146°40′04″E |
| Stanley |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°05′54″S, 145°42′04″E |
| Sumner |
Lockhart Shire Council |
35°25′54″S, 146°31′04″E |
| Thurrowa |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°09′54″S, 145°58′04″E |
| Urana |
Urana Shire Council |
35°19′54″S, 146°16′04″E |
| Urangeline |
Lockhart Shire Council |
35°21′54″S, 146°31′04″E |
| Wallandoon |
Lockhart Shire Council |
35°27′54″S, 146°44′04″E |
| Waloona |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
34°54′54″S, 145°40′04″E |
| Watt |
Urana Shire Council |
35°15′54″S, 146°09′04″E |
| Waugh |
Urana Shire Council |
34°58′54″S, 146°23′04″E |
| Widgiewa |
Urana Shire Council |
35°11′54″S, 146°16′04″E |
| Wilson |
Urana Shire Council |
35°29′54″S, 146°17′04″E |
| Wood |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°09′54″S, 145°35′04″E |
| Wunnamurra |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°26′54″S, 145°43′04″E |
| Yamma |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
34°56′54″S, 146°00′04″E |
| Yanko South |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
34°59′54″S, 145°48′04″E |
| Yanko |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
34°54′54″S, 145°47′04″E |
| Yathong South |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°22′54″S, 145°54′04″E |
| Yathong |
Jerilderie Shire Council |
35°17′17″S, 145°55′06″E |
[edit] References
- ^ Geographical Names Board of NSW
- ^ Jervis, James, 'The Western Riverina: A History of Its Development', Royal Australian Historical Society Journal and Proceedings, Vol. XXXVIII 1952, pp. 242-3.
