Parish of Yambunya
Yambunya is a Parish of Ularara County in north west New South Wales. It is between Milparinka, New South Wales and Wilcannia and west of Wanaaring. The main economic activity of the prish is agriculture, with the Ardoo and the Salisbury Downs Station and the parish is at 29°55′59″S 143°46′28″E. History. The Parish is in the traditional lands of the Bandjigali and Karenggapa people. The Burke and Wills expedition were the first Europeans to the area. Geography. Yambunya Parish exhibits mainly red soil semi open Mulga country with stands of Box and Beef  Wood running into some harder Mulga stone country. The main groundcover growing is Woolybutt. The soft soils have the ability to grow a wide variety and mix of grasses and herbages in season. Climate. The climate is semi-arid, featuring low rainfall, very hot summer temperatures and cool nights in winter. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert). A minimum temperature of -3.9 °C was recorded in nearby Wanaaring in July 1997.