Whyjonta is a parish of Yantara County in far north west New South Wales.
Location Whyjonta is located at 29° 41' 00" S 142° 28' 00" E and is located on the Cut Line a section of the unsealed road between Tibooburra and Wanaaring. and is between Pindera Downs Aboriginal Area and Malparinka. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert). (direct: Final Revised Paper) The nearest town is White Cliffs, which is 140 km away.
Whyjonta is also on the Two Mile Creek in northwest New South Wales. Adelaide is its closest capital city 690 km to the south-southwest. Whyjonta is 85m above sea level.
History The parish is on the traditional lands of Yarli speaking peoples, notably the WadigaliTindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Karenggapa (NSW)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. p196. Aboriginal peoples.David R Horton (creator), © Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, 1996.
Charles Sturt passed by the parish during 1845, camping for six months at Preservation Creek some miles to the north.
In 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed to the east, and Gold was discovered to the north in the 1870s.
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