The Parish of Blackwood is a remote civil parish of Poole County in far North West New South Wales,

Geography

The geography is mostly the flat, arid landscape of the Channel Country. The nearest town is Tibooburra to the south east, which is on the Silver City Highway and lies south of the Sturt National Park.

Parish of Blackwood

The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert). The County is barely inhabited with a population density of less than 1 person per 150 km² and the landscape is a flat arid scrubland.

Parish of Blackwood

History

Charles Sturt camped at nearby Preservation Creek (Mount Poole) for six months during 1845, and in 1861 the Burke and Wills expedition passed to the east, through what is now the Pindera Aboriginal Area.

Parish of Blackwood

Gold was discovered nearby in the 1870s.

References

Parishes of Poole County

Far West (New South Wales)