Mount Tilga

View from the top of Mount Tilga, not quite the omphalos of NSW

Mount Tilga (33°01′31″S 147°08′10″E / 33.02528°S 147.13611°E / -33.02528; 147.13611Coordinates: 33°01′31″S 147°08′10″E / 33.02528°S 147.13611°E / -33.02528; 147.13611) is a hill 329 metres high which rises sharply out of the plain eight kilometres north of Condobolin.

Mount Tilga is said to be the exact centre of New South Wales.^[1], but establishing the centre of an irregular shape is not a straightforward matter. Just where the centre of the State lies is open to dispute.

According to Geoscience Australia, which has investigated the issue, a possible centre for New South Wales is just off Cockies Road, 33 km west-north-west of Tottenham, a small town 110 kilometres west of Dubbo. This spot, (32°09′48″S 147°01′00″E / 32.16333°S 147.0166667°E / -32.16333; 147.0166667) south of the Fiveways Intersection, is marked by a cairn constructed for Australia's Bicentennial celebrations in 1988.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Condobolin, Parkes & Forbes NSW & ACT Australia". Travel guide. Total Travel Australia. http://www.totaltravel.com.au/travel/nsw/explorernsw/parkes/guide/condobolin. Retrieved 2006-01-29.  Also "Condobolin, New South Wales". Sydney Morning Herald Travel. Fairfax Digital (smh.com.au). 2004. http://www.smh.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Condobolin/2005/02/17/1108500193350.html. Retrieved 2006-01-29. 
2. ^ "Centre of Australia, States and Territories". Education/Fab Facts. Geoscience Australia. 2004. Archived from the original on 2006-01-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20060108193717/http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts/dimensions/centre.htm#fivecentres. Retrieved 2006-01-29.