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Far West is one of a dozen regions into which people commonly divide New South Wales, a former British colony that is now the most populous state of Australia.
Location and geography[]
Region is in the mostly-arid north-west corner of the state, adjoining Orana region to the east, Murrumbidgee region to the south-east, Murray region to the south, with South Australia to the west and Queensland to the north. The Darling River flows from north-east to south.
This wiki adopts the boundaries used by the Dept of Local Government and by NSW GenWeb, which enclose much less area than the Wikipedia region of the same name.
Cities[]
Other localities[]
- Ivanhoe
- Menindee
- White Cliffs
- Wilcannia
Local Government Areas[]
- Broken Hill City Council
- Central Darling Shire Council
- Unincorporated Far West
Counties[]
Counties in New South Wales, as in most of Australia, have no statutory function except that they are used for defining land ownership and transfer. They may overlap region boundaries. This region contains the whole of each of the following counties:
- Evelyn
- Farnell
- Fitzgerald
- Menindee
- County
- Poole
- Tandoora
- Tongowoko
- County
- Yancowinna
- Yantara
It contains part of each of the following counties:
- Waljeers
- County
incomplete!
See also[]
External links[]
- GenWeb forum
- Dept of Local Govt
- "Open Directory" page
- Broken Hill Family History Group Inc (founded 1977)
- Rootsweb AUS-NSW-WEST Mailing List
This page is a "stub" and could be improved by additions and other edits.