Milparinka, New South Wales

Milparinka is a small settlement in north-west New South Wales, Australia, about 250 kilometres (155 mi) north of Broken Hill on the Silver City Highway.

Around March of each year, they would harvest and thresh various local native grasses to obtain seeds to make a type of flour for subsistence.

[4] In 1844, Charles Sturt's expedition was stranded for six months at nearby Preservation Creek, owing to a lack of supplies.

[4] In 1880, a local Indigenous woman showed prospector James Evans gold nuggets lying on the surface of Mt Browne.

[9][10] At its height, Milparinka had a newspaper, a police office, a chemist shop, two butchers, a courthouse (1886), a school (1883), a hospital (1889) and four hotels.

The History Centre includes Aboriginal heritage, Sturt’s expeditions, the Kidman Story and Pioneer Women.

[22] These pioneer stories include that of Matilda Wallace, at Sturt's Meadows Station, who was one of the earliest female pastoralists in the area West of the Darling.

The room features a painting of Matilda and child by the award-winning Broken Hill artist, Jodi Daly.

The route connects about 1100 kilometre of sealed and unsealed roads from Broken Hill to Milparinka, Tibooburra and Cameron Corner to create a circular touring loop.

[30]A fundamental understanding of the land and environment helped Aboriginal tribes to survive, especially their ability to find and conserve water.

1845 painting of an Aboriginal village near Milparinka
Milparinka Hotel, Milparinka, NSW 1976.