Tongowoko County

Tongowoko County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It is located in the remote north-west of the state, south of the Queensland border.

Tongowoko
New South Wales
Location in New South Wales
Lands administrative divisions around Tongowoko:
Queensland Queensland Queensland
Poole Tongowoko Delalah
Evelyn Yantara Yantara

The name Tongowoko is believed to be derived from a local Aboriginal word.[1]

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:

ParishLGACoordinates
BinarooUnincorporated29°23′50″S 142°20′04″E
BolwarryUnincorporated29°26′39″S 142°30′25″E
CalathundaUnincorporated29°17′01″S 142°37′25″E
CaryapundyUnincorporated29°02′34″S 142°38′57″E
Churriga[2]Unincorporated
ConnulpieUnincorporated

29°15′03″S 142°32′49″E

HermitageUnincorporated29°22′57″S 142°01′09″E
KoonyaboothieUnincorporated29°36′59″S 142°23′17″E
KurawilliaUnincorporated29°36′59″S 142°34′32″E
Mokely[3]Unincorporated
Mount StuartUnincorporated29°30′32″S 142°01′08″E
Mount WoodUnincorporated29°16′58″S 142°17′37″E
OliveUnincorporated29°02′40″S 141°52′14″E
SilvaUnincorporated29°07′49″S 142°21′47″E
TooncurrieUnincorporated29°31′44″S 142°13′52″E
TongowokoUnincorporated
TorrensUnincorporated29°14′00″S 142°09′27″E
WanpahUnincorporated29°07′48″S 142°10′52″E
WarrattaUnincorporated29°34′54″S 141°51′08″E
WarriUnincorporated29°02′09″S 141°57′55″E
WhittabranahUnincorporated29°12′31″S 142°01′10″E
YalpungaUnincorporated29°02′40″S 142°03′13″E
YanderraUnincorporated29°20′36″S 142°34′55″E

From 2009, the parishes of Tongowoko lie within Division A of the Western Livestock Health and Pest District,[4] along with Evelyn, Farnell, Fitzgerald, Mootwingee, Poole, Tandora, Yantara, and Yungnulgra Counties; some parishes of Killara, Yancowinna, and Young; and with Connulpie and Omura Parishes of Delalah County.

References
  1. "Tongowoko". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  2. "NSW Place and Road Naming Proposals System".
  3. "NSW Place and Road Naming Proposals System".
  4. "Rural Lands Protection Act 1998, Order – Section 6, Divisions of Western Livestock Health and Pest District" (PDF). N.S.W. Government Gazette (29): 760–787. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  • “Map of the County of Tongowoko, Western Division, N.S.W.” Sydney : Department of Lands, [1940] Digitized copy at Trove. Sheet 1, 2.
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