[3] There are no towns in the parish and the nearest settlement is Tibooburra, New South Wales and Hungerford, Queensland.
The economy in the parish has previously been based on broad acre agriculture, mainly cattle, and sheep.
Narriearra Caryapundy Swamp National Park is within the north west corner of the parish.
In 1873[4] the area was described as "being of [the] Burke and Wills track and well watered by the Bulloo River, Tongowoko, Torrens and other creeks."
At the time the area was made up of grassed downs and saltbush country.