Tongowoko County
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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.
The name Tongowoko is believed to be derived from a local Aboriginal word.[1]
Parishes within this county
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:
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
- ^ "Tongowoko". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ "NSW Place and Road Naming Proposals System".
- ^ "NSW Place and Road Naming Proposals System".
- ^ "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.
