Packsaddle, New South Wales

Packsaddle
New South Wales
Packsaddle
Coordinates30°36′37″S 141°57′59″E / 30.61028°S 141.96639°E / -30.61028; 141.96639
Population73 (2021 census)
Postcode(s)2880
LGA(s)Unincorporated Far West Region
State electorate(s)Barwon
Federal division(s)Parkes

Packsaddle, New South Wales is a remote township and civil parish of Evelyn County, New South Wales within the Far West Region. Its population is 73.

The parish was calculate at 318500 acres.

The settlement is located where the Silver City Highway crosses the Packsaddle Creek.

The name is said by some to have been given by Burke and Wills who lost a packsaddle crossing the creek upstream from the modern hamlet.

The area was owned by Goldborough Mort and Co in the 1890s, and Kidman in the 1920s.

A gymkhana is held at Easter time.

The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert).