Little Topar, New South Wales

Little Topar is a village on the Barrier Highway in Western New South Wales, between Broken Hill and Wilcannia, New South Wales.

Little Topar New South Wales
Little Topar
Coordinates	31°46′48″S 142°13′38″E / 31.78000°S 142.22722°E / -31.78000; 142.22722
Population	29 (2016 census)^[1]
Postcode(s)	2880
LGA(s)	Unincorporated Far West Region
State electorate(s)	Barwon
Federal division(s)	Parkes

The village is in the Tandora County.^[2]

The locality, which consisted of little more than a hotel and now a roadhouse, is named after Topar, a young Indigenous Australian man who guided Charles Sturt into the Barrier Ranges in 1844.^[3]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Little Topar (state suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 October 2021.  
2. "Tandora". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013.  
3. "From Adelaide to Central Queensland on Foot". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 21, no. 1, 045. South Australia. 4 June 1932. p. 5 (Sporting Section). Retrieved 3 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.