Ullollie, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales. [1]
The Parish an arid landscape. The nearest town is Whitecliffs several km to the north west.
Ullollie is at 31°03′02″S 143°27′09″E in Central Darling Shire.
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. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert),. [3] is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer. [4]
The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Wandjiwalgu. [5] [6] Aboriginal peoples. [7]
In 1838 Thomas Mitchell (explorer) travelled down the nearby Darling River.
Charles Sturt passed through the Wandjiwalgu lands during 1845, [8]
In 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed nearby. [9]
Opal was discovered in the area in the late 19th century.
Ullollie, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales. [1]
The Parish an arid landscape. The nearest town is Whitecliffs several km to the north west.
Ullollie is at 31°03′02″S 143°27′09″E in Central Darling Shire.
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. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert),. [3] is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer. [4]
The Parish is on the traditional lands of the Wandjiwalgu. [5] [6] Aboriginal peoples. [7]
In 1838 Thomas Mitchell (explorer) travelled down the nearby Darling River.
Charles Sturt passed through the Wandjiwalgu lands during 1845, [8]
In 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed nearby. [9]
Opal was discovered in the area in the late 19th century.