Mendooran

Mendooran (31°48′S 149°07′E / 31.8°S 149.117°E / -31.8; 149.117) is a small town adjacent to the Castlereagh River in the Warrumbungle Shire of central western New South Wales, Australia. It is at an altitude of 271 metres above sea level, 348 kilometres west of Sydney, 75 kilometres from Dubbo and 71 kilometres southeast of Coonabarabran. At the 2006 census, Mendooran had a population of 319 people. The district was inhabited by the Wiradjuri tribe before white settlement. The first European to visit the area was Surveyor John Evans who came as close as 10 kilometres from Mendooran in 1815. Two years later it was John Oxley's group that passed through the area while conducting one of the first inland expeditions. 'Mendooran' station...