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[9] [12] Today, over half of Australia's Australasian bittern population is thought to reside in New South Wales (NSW). [9] Recent research indicates that during the breeding season, rice fields in the Riverina region of NSW hold between 500 - 1,000 bittern individuals, the largest known breeding population for this species. [ 9 ]
Bitterne is an eastern suburb and ward of Southampton, in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England.. Bitterne derives its name not from the similarly named bird, the bittern, but probably from the bend in the River Itchen; the Old English words byht and ærn together mean "house near a bend" or possibly bita ærn; "house of horse bits", [2] [3] either most likely a reference to Bitterne ...
Image Genus Living species Botaurus Stephens, 1819: American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosa); Eurasian bittern or great bittern (Botaurus stellaris); South American bittern (Botaurus pinnatus)
Burning Mountain, the common name for Mount Wingen, is a hill near Wingen, New South Wales, Australia, approximately 224 km (139 mi) north of Sydney just off the New England Highway. [2] It takes its name from a smouldering coal seam running underground through the sandstone.
Church, Dundee, NSW. Dundee) is a rural locality about 40 kilometres north of Glen Innes on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the New England Highway at the Severn River in Severn parish, Gough County, New South Wales. The elevation is 985 metres.
Hornsby Shire is a local government area situated on the Upper North Shore as well as parts of the Hills District, of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia.The shire stretches from the M2 Hills Motorway in the south to the Hawkesbury River town of Wisemans Ferry, some 53 kilometres (33 mi) to the north, making it the largest local government council in the Greater Sydney ...
Prior to settlement and colonisation of Australia, Bidwill and the surrounding area was inhabited by the Darug tribe. Bidwill was dominated by public housing development between the 1960s and 1970s. In 1973, the NSW Housing Commission clashed with Blacktown Council over the naming of streets. The commission sought names associated with John ...
Baradine is a small town in north western New South Wales, Australia. At the 2021 census, Baradine had a population of 593. [1] Baradine is located on the Coonabarabran-Pilliga road, about midway between Coonabarabran and Pilliga. It is adjacent to Baradine Creek which flows intermittently northwards from the Warrumbungles.