Canowindra
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Key facts
- Australian place.type
- town
- Australian place.name
- Canowindra
- Australian place.state
- nsw
- Australian place.lga
- Cabonne Shire
- Australian place.postcode
- 2804
- Australian place.est
- 1847
- Australian place.pop
- 2,832
- Australian place.elevation
- 300
- Australian place.maxtemp
- 24.7
- Australian place.mintemp
- 8.1
- Australian place.rainfall
- 602
- Australian place.stategov
- Orange
- Australian place.fedgov
- Calare
- Australian place.dist1
- 317
- Australian place.dir1
- W
- Australian place.location1
- Sydney
- Australian place.dist2
- 59
- Australian place.dir2
- SW
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
25 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- European settlement
- Bushrangers
- Built environment
- Modern Canowindra
- Demographics
- Suburbs
- Canowindra Soldiers Memorial Hospital
- Education
- Service, Social and Community
- The Miracle House
- Culture
- Sport and recreation
- RV Friendly Town
- Media
- Wineries
- Other
- Ballooning
- Fossils
- State Emblem
- Notable Canowindrans
- In popular culture
- References
- External links
Canowindra ( ) is a historic township and the largest population centre in Cabonne Shire, situated on the Belubula River. The town is located between Orange and Cowra in the central west of New South Wales, Australia. The curving main street, Gaskill Street, is partly an urban conservation area.
== Toponymy == The name of the town is derived from a Wiradjuri (an Aboriginal language) word meaning 'a home' or 'camping place'.
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Accuracy disputes from May 2022Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2021 ID different from WikidataCabonne CouncilDevonian paleontological sitesGeographic Names Register of NSW not in WikidataLagerstättenMining towns in New South WalesPaleontology in New South WalesPaleozoic paleontological sites of AustraliaTowns in New South WalesTowns in the Central West (New South Wales)