{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} thumb|right|Landscape around Nantomoko '''Nantomoko''' is a remote civil parish of Poole County in far northwest New South Wales.<ref>{{NSW GNR|id=KWQloeUlGH|title=Poole County|accessdate=}}</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233869599/view / Map of the County of Poole : Western Division], ,</ref> located at {{coord|-29.2143|141.0805|display=inline,title}}
==Geography== The geography of the parish is mostly the flat, arid landscape of the Channel Country. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (hot desert).<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | last1=Peel |first1=M. C. |last2=Finlayson |first2=B. L. |last3=McMahon |first3=T. A. | year=2007 | title= Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification | journal=Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume=11 | pages=1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 | url=http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.html | issn = 1027-5606| doi-access=free }} ''(direct: [http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.pdf Final Revised Paper])''</ref> The county is barely inhabited with a population density of less than 1 person per 150 km<sup>2</sup> and the landscape is a flat arid scrubland.
The nearest town is Tibooburra to the east, which is on the Silver City Highway and the parish lies south of the Sturt National Park.<ref>[http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/camping-and-accommodation/campgrounds/olive-downs-campground Olive Downs campground].</ref> There is also a small settlement at Cameron's Corner just over the Queensland Border.
==History== The parish is on the traditional lands of the Wadigali<ref>[http://outbacknsw.com.au/aboriginal-heritage.html Aboriginal Heritage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301230508/http://outbacknsw.com.au/aboriginal-heritage.html |date=1 March 2018 }}, Corner Country History & Heritage].</ref> and to some extent Karenggapa,<ref>Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Karenggapa (NSW)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. p196.</ref> Aboriginal peoples.<ref>David R Horton (creator), Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, 1996.</ref>
Charles Sturt passed through the parish during 1845,<ref>[http://outbacknsw.com.au/sturt-s-expedition.html Sturt's Central Australian Expedition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301233402/http://outbacknsw.com.au/sturt-s-expedition.html |date=1 March 2018 }}.</ref> and In 1861 the Burke and Will's expedition passed to the east,<ref>[http://outbacknsw.com.au/burke-and-wills-expedition.html The Burke and Wills Expedition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301233405/http://outbacknsw.com.au/burke-and-wills-expedition.html |date=1 March 2018 }}.</ref> through what is now the Pindera Aboriginal Area.<ref>NSW National Parks and Wildlife service, [http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/planmanagement/draft/sturt-national-park-draft-plan-of-management-170115.pdf Draft Plan of Management Sturt National Park], (2017) p 22.</ref>
Gold was discovered nearby in the 1870s, and the miners were followed by pastoral farming enterprises.
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Category:Parishes of Poole County Category:Far West (New South Wales)
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