Elder Parish, New South Wales

Elder, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales.

Geography
The Parish an arid landscape. The nearest town is Whitecliffs 2 km to the south.

Climate
The parish has extremely hot summers and mild winters. Summers would usually exceed 36°C. Winters are usually around 17 °C. The annual average rainfall is 249.7 mm which would make it a semi-arid climate except that its high evapotranspiration, or its aridity, makes it a desert climate. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert),. is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer.