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词条 Wallarunga, New South Wales
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  1. Geography

  2. History

  3. References

{{short description|Rural locality in New South Wales, Australia}}Wallarunga is a rural locality and ghost town located at -32.031799316 and 141.317901611 about 10 Kilometers south west of Broken Hill, New South Wales.[1][2]

Geography

Wallarunga is on the Broken Hill to Adelaide Railway line and is the site of railway siding.

Wallarunga has a Köppen climate classification of BWh and BWk desert and is situated on the Pine Creek in the Alma parish.

Mining is the main industry of Wallarunga, with some broad acre agriculture.

History

Wallarunga is part of the traditional lands of the Wiljali people.[3][4]

The area was opened to Europeans due to the discover of minerals in the 19th century.[5] [6]

Silver, lead, feldspar and beryl are still extracted in the area today.[7]

The area is also known as the Pinnacles due to the rock formations in Wallarunga.

References

1. ^[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233960269/view Map of the County of Yancowinna, Western Division N.S.W., Land District of Willyama] / compiled, drawn & printed at the Department of Lands, Sydney, N.S.W.
2. ^http://www.geodata.us/australia_names_maps/aumaps.php?fid=98275&f=98&name=Wallarunga.
3. ^[https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/articles/aiatsis-map-indigenous-australia David R Horton (creator), © Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, 1996.]
4. ^"History." Broken Hill: Accessible Outback. 2007, Edition 15, p4.
5. ^[https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-miner-and-his-family-at-Thackaringa-in-the-late-1800s-Source-Broken-Hill-Library_fig4_322807951 A miner and his family at Thackaringa in the late 1800s. Source: Broken... | Download Scientific Diagram], researchgate.net
6. ^[https://www.cobaltblueholdings.com/thackaringa-mining-history/ Thackaringa Silver Mining - circa 1883], Thackaringa History – Cobalt Blue Holdings(Cobalt Blue Holdings).
7. ^Plimer, I.R. and Blucher, I.D. (1979) Wolfeite and barbosalite from Thackaringa, Australia. Mineralogical Magazine 43, 505-507.

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