Parkungi located at 30°33′55″S 143°13′13″E / 30.5653°S 143.2202°E in Central Darling Shire, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales. [1] [2]
The Parish has an arid landscape. The nearest town is Whitecliffs nearby to the west.
The parish has extremely hot summers and mild winters. Summers would usually exceed 36 °C. Winters are usually around 17 °C. The annual average rainfall is 249.7 millimetres (9.8 in) which would make it a semi-arid climate except that its high evapotranspiration, or its aridity, makes it a desert climate. [3] The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert), [4] and is almost unpopulated, with fewer than two inhabitants per square kilometer. [5]
The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Wandjiwalgu [6] [7] Aboriginal peoples. [8]
In 1838 Thomas Mitchell travelled down the nearby Darling River. Charles Sturt passed through the Wandjiwalgu lands during 1845. [9] In 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed nearby. [10] Opal was discovered in the area in the late 19th century.[ citation needed]
Parkungi located at 30°33′55″S 143°13′13″E / 30.5653°S 143.2202°E in Central Darling Shire, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales. [1] [2]
The Parish has an arid landscape. The nearest town is Whitecliffs nearby to the west.
The parish has extremely hot summers and mild winters. Summers would usually exceed 36 °C. Winters are usually around 17 °C. The annual average rainfall is 249.7 millimetres (9.8 in) which would make it a semi-arid climate except that its high evapotranspiration, or its aridity, makes it a desert climate. [3] The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert), [4] and is almost unpopulated, with fewer than two inhabitants per square kilometer. [5]
The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Wandjiwalgu [6] [7] Aboriginal peoples. [8]
In 1838 Thomas Mitchell travelled down the nearby Darling River. Charles Sturt passed through the Wandjiwalgu lands during 1845. [9] In 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed nearby. [10] Opal was discovered in the area in the late 19th century.[ citation needed]