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

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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:

Parish LGA Coordinates
Binaroo Unincorporated 29°23′50″S 142°20′04″E / 29.39722°S 142.33444°E / -29.39722; 142.33444 (Binaroo)
Bolwarry Unincorporated 29°26′39″S 142°30′25″E / 29.44417°S 142.50694°E / -29.44417; 142.50694 (Bolwarry)
Calathunda Unincorporated 29°17′01″S 142°37′25″E / 29.28361°S 142.62361°E / -29.28361; 142.62361 (Calathunda)
Caryapundy Unincorporated 29°02′34″S 142°38′57″E / 29.04278°S 142.64917°E / -29.04278; 142.64917 (Caryapundy)
Churriga[2] Unincorporated
Connulpie Unincorporated

29°15′03″S 142°32′49″E / 29.25083°S 142.54694°E / -29.25083; 142.54694 (Connulpie)

Hermitage Unincorporated 29°22′57″S 142°01′09″E / 29.38250°S 142.01917°E / -29.38250; 142.01917 (Hermitage)
Koonyaboothie Unincorporated 29°36′59″S 142°23′17″E / 29.61639°S 142.38806°E / -29.61639; 142.38806 (Koonyaboothie)
Kurawillia Unincorporated 29°36′59″S 142°34′32″E / 29.61639°S 142.57556°E / -29.61639; 142.57556 (Kurawillia)
Mokely[3] Unincorporated
Mount Stuart Unincorporated 29°30′32″S 142°01′08″E / 29.50889°S 142.01889°E / -29.50889; 142.01889 (Mount Stuart)
Mount Wood Unincorporated 29°16′58″S 142°17′37″E / 29.28278°S 142.29361°E / -29.28278; 142.29361 (Mount Wood)
Olive Unincorporated 29°02′40″S 141°52′14″E / 29.04444°S 141.87056°E / -29.04444; 141.87056 (Olive)
Silva Unincorporated 29°07′49″S 142°21′47″E / 29.13028°S 142.36306°E / -29.13028; 142.36306 (Silva)
Tooncurrie Unincorporated 29°31′44″S 142°13′52″E / 29.52889°S 142.23111°E / -29.52889; 142.23111 (Tooncurrie)
Tongowoko Unincorporated
Torrens Unincorporated 29°14′00″S 142°09′27″E / 29.23333°S 142.15750°E / -29.23333; 142.15750 (Torrens)
Wanpah Unincorporated 29°07′48″S 142°10′52″E / 29.13000°S 142.18111°E / -29.13000; 142.18111 (Wanpah)
Warratta Unincorporated 29°34′54″S 141°51′08″E / 29.58167°S 141.85222°E / -29.58167; 141.85222 (Warratta)
Warri Unincorporated 29°02′09″S 141°57′55″E / 29.03583°S 141.96528°E / -29.03583; 141.96528 (Warri)
Whittabranah Unincorporated 29°12′31″S 142°01′10″E / 29.20861°S 142.01944°E / -29.20861; 142.01944 (Whittabranah)
Yalpunga Unincorporated 29°02′40″S 142°03′13″E / 29.04444°S 142.05361°E / -29.04444; 142.05361 (Yalpunga)
Yanderra Unincorporated 29°20′36″S 142°34′55″E / 29.34333°S 142.58194°E / -29.34333; 142.58194 (Yandera)

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

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  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.
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  • “Map of the County of Tongowoko, Western Division, N.S.W.” Sydney : Department of Lands, [1940] Digitized copy at Trove. Sheet 1, 2.