Yantabulla, New South Wales is a ghost town in far north west New South Wales, Australia. It is on the border of New South Wales and Queensland.
| Yantabulla New South Wales | |
|---|---|
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  Yantabulla | |
| Coordinates | 29°20′54″S 145°00′05″E / 29.34833°S 145.00139°E |
| Population | 28 (2016 census)[1] |
| Postcode(s) | 2840 |
| LGA(s) | Bourke Shire |
| State electorate(s) | Barwon |
| Federal division(s) | Parkes |
The town is on the traditional lands of the Paaruntyi people.[2]
The village is adjacent to the Yantabulla Swamp,[3] part of the Ramsar listed Currawinya Important Bird Area.
Yantabulla has been noted as being the future location of the rare double-sighting of solar eclipses within short intervals of one another,[4] and should experience three eclipses before 2040.
The town is in Irrara County,[5] a cadasteral division of New South Wales.[6]
References edit
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yantabulla (state suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Parundji (NSW)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6. p198.
- ^ Yantabulla map
- ^ If you want to see less of the sun, become an Australian
- ^ County of Irrara, Western Division, Land District of Bourke, Darling Shire / compiled, drawn & printed at the Department of Lands, Sydney, N.S.W (Department of Lands, Sydney N.S.W, 1964).
- ^ "Irrara County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
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