Yancowinna County, New South Wales

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Yancowinna
New South Wales

Location in New South Wales
Cadastral units around Yancowinna
South Australia Farnell Mootwingee
South Australia Yancowinna Tandora
South Australia Menindee Tandora
Yancowinna, shown in a map from 1886
Yancowinna, shown in a map from 1886

Yancowinna County, New South Wales is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the city of Broken Hill and village of Silverton.

Some NSW industrial relations laws have excluded the county of Yancowinna.[1] The county is also the only part of New South Wales which is in the same timezone as South Australia (+9.5 rather than +10).[2]

The name is Yancowinna is believed to be derived from a local Aboriginal word and is also the name of the location within the county of Yancowinna Glen.[3]

[edit] 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:

Parish LGA Coordinates
Albert Unincorporated 32°00′54″S, 141°08′29″E
Aldborough Unincorporated 32°14′09″S, 141°51′49″E
Alma Unincorporated 32°00′29″S, 141°21′49″E
Barrier Unincorporated 32°09′24″S, 141°38′10″E
Bolaira Unincorporated 31°57′47″S, 141°32′30″E
Bomangaldy Unincorporated 31°49′58″S, 141°11′11″E
Bray Unincorporated 31°57′37″S, 141°15′19″E
Cambellia Unincorporated unknown
Carrington Unincorporated 31°49′58″S, 141°04′34″E
Cathcart Unincorporated 31°47′09″S, 141°35′28″E
Coombarra Unincorporated 32°09′22″S, 141°28′29″E
Coonbaralla Unincorporated 32°03′22″S, 141°49′46″E
Dhoon Unincorporated 32°07′55″S, 141°08′39″E
Edgar Unincorporated 32°03′01″S, 141°14′28″E
Elti Unincorporated 31°42′07″S, 141°05′33″E
Fairy Hill Unincorporated 31°39′52″S, 141°47′55″E
Farmcoat Unincorporated 32°05′13″S, 141°40′35″E
Hughes Unincorporated 32°12′09″S, 141°25′49″E
Inkerman Unincorporated 31°52′21″S, 141°54′45″E
Jamieson Unincorporated 31°53′33″S, 141°04′35″E
Lewis Unincorporated 31°45′14″S, 141°24′00″E
Maharatta Unincorporated 31°51′14″S, 141°46′46″E
Matong Unincorporated 31°49′05″S, 141°50′09″E
Meadows Unincorporated 31°39′39″S, 141°05′32″E
Moorkaie Unincorporated 31°49′09″S, 141°38′47″E
Mount Gipps Unincorporated 31°46′30″S, 141°29′16″E
Mundi Mundi Unincorporated 31°44′19″S, 141°13′24″E
Myalla Unincorporated 31°44′04″S, 141°55′39″E
Nadbuck Unincorporated 31°56′45″S, 141°21′41″E
Naradin Unincorporated 31°53′06″S, 141°21′39″E
Narran Unincorporated 32°07′38″S, 141°47′26″E
Ophara Unincorporated 32°07′55″S, 141°02′50″E
Picton Unincorporated 31°54′34″S, 141°28′11″E
Purnamoota Unincorporated 31°35′48″S, 141°27′50″E
Redan Unincorporated 32°14′30″S, 141°44′56″E
Robe Unincorporated 31°39′21″S, 141°21′11″E
Sebastopol Unincorporated 32°03′39″S, 141°33′25″E
Sentinel Unincorporated 32°10′36″S, 141°14′49″E
Soudan Unincorporated 32°05′14″S, 141°26′11″E
Stephen Unincorporated 31°48′38″S, 141°22′04″E
Stratford Unincorporated 32°02′21″S, 141°42′30″E
Tara Unincorporated 31°54′39″S, 141°37′29″E
Thackaringa Unincorporated 31°57′42″S, 141°06′21″E
Umberumberka Unincorporated 31°50′07″S, 141°16′29″E
Victoria Unincorporated 32°04′16″S, 141°02′47″E
Waukeroo Unincorporated 31°41′05″S, 141°33′48″E
Yancowinna East Unincorporated 31°38′59″S, 141°54′54″E
Yancowinna North Unincorporated 31°39′40″S, 141°40′49″E
Yancowinna Unincorporated 31°45′29″S, 141°43′04″E
Yangalla Unincorporated 31°36′56″S, 141°14′23″E

[edit] References

  1. ^ NSW Office of Industrial Relations: Awards Online. www.industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
  2. ^ New South Wales. wwp.greenwichmeantime.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
  3. ^ Extract - Geographical Names Board. www.gnb.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.