title: Happy Valley, New South Wales
text: # Happy Valley, New South Wales
  
  Happy Valley, New South Wales is a rural locality and civil parish of County of Landsborough located to the north of the town of Louth, New South Wales.
  
  Toorale National Park is in the parish, that is in Bourke Shire.
  
  ## History
  
  The traditional owners of the area are the Paruntiji, meaning people belonging to the Paroo. Aboriginal people are known to have lived along the Paroo for at least 14,000 years (Robins, 1999).
  
  The Burke and Wills expedition were the first Europeians to the area, passing a few miles to the west.
  
  ## Climate
  
  The climate is semi-arid, featuring low rainfall, very hot summer temperatures and cool nights in winter. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert).
  
  