WHAT SETS THE
CORNER COUNTRY
APART FROM THE REST?
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Significant local Aboriginal heritage sites and connections
*Milparinka waterhole, Yandama Creek,
silcrete quarries,rock engravings, Mutawintji National Park

Significant sites from Australia’s (Sturt’s) first Inland exploration
*Depot Glen, Poole’s Grave, Mt Poole Sturt's Cairn, Fort Grey, Mt Wood
*Other sites named after expedition, Mt Stuart, Mt Browne, Piesi Creek, Floods Creek,   Mt Arrowsmith

Significant sites from Burke and Wills Expedition
*Mt Wright, Mutawintji NP. Koonenbury Hills, Torrowotto Swamp

Landuse                                                                                                                               *Established history of pastoralism
*Largest original station properties in NSW,
*Largest landholder S Kidman and Co properties, remarkable pioneer stories

Gold Mining Heritage
*Communities of Milparinka and Tibooburra predate Broken Hill
*Mt Browne goldfields available for fossicking
*Significant mining heritage sites

Wild Life
*Amazing arid zone flora
*Significant native animal habitat
*Remarkable arid zone fauna includingfour of the six species of large kangaroo
and the largest race of red kangaroos in the outback
*Rare plant and animal species, such as the flame spider flower grevillea and grey
falcon
*Largest self-managed national park in NSW

Diverse landscapes
*Red sand dunes of the Simpson Strzlecki Dunefields
*Vast gibber plains
*Salt and fresh water lakes
*Myriad ephemeral creeks
*Embraces the Murray-Darling and Lake Eyre Basins
*Cracking clay soils
*Quartz fields
*Ancient sandstone mesas and jumpups
*Granite tors around Tibooburra
*Saltbush steppes an Acacia woodlands

Bright skies, clear nights
* Brilliant stars not affected by artificial light

Strong local community identity ( Milparinka and Tibooburra)                        *Local.personalities                                                                                                                        *Local events                                                                                                                                  *Award winning heritage precinct, Milparinka                                                                     *Established Visiting Volunteer Program,Milparinka                                                                *Key regional infrastructure, Tibooburra                                                                                     *Most remote NSW school, Tibooburra

Wild Dog Fence                                                                                                                      *Longest single fence in the world                                                                                       *Junction of three states