Little Topar, New South Wales

Little Topar is a village on the Barrier Highway in Western New South Wales, between Broken Hill and Wilcannia, New South Wales.

Little Topar
New South Wales
Little Topar is located in New South Wales
Little Topar
Little Topar
Coordinates31°46′48″S 142°13′38″E / 31.78000°S 142.22722°E / -31.78000; 142.22722
Population29 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2880
LGA(s)Unincorporated Far West Region
State electorate(s)Barwon
Federal division(s)Parkes

The village is in the Tandora County.[2]

The locality, which consisted of little more than a hotel and now a roadhouse, is named after Topar, a young Indigenous Australian man who guided Charles Sturt into the Barrier Ranges in 1844.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Little Topar (state suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 October 2021.  
  2. ^ "Tandora". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013.  
  3. ^ "From Adelaide to Central Queensland on Foot". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 21, no. 1, 045. South Australia. 4 June 1932. p. 5 (Sporting Section). Retrieved 3 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.