Purnamoota

Purnamoota is a rural locality, cattle station and ghost town of the Unincorporated Far West and a civil parish of Yancowinna County, and is located about 23 kilometers north of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.[1][2]

Purnamoota is located at 31°35′48″S 141°27′50″E and is at an elevation of approximately 330m above sea level.[3] It has a Köppen climate classification of BWh desert.

In the 1880s Purnamoota was famous for the slugs of almost pure silver found on the surface.[clarification needed]

The Purnamoota Creek flows through the parish.[3]

  1. ^ Map of the County of Yancowinna, Western Division NSW, Land District of Willyama / compiled, drawn & printed at the Department of Lands, Sydney, NSW
  2. ^ Purnamoota (Purnamoota Station), Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia.
  3. ^ a b Map of Purnamoota, NSW.