Coonamble
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Coonamble is a town on the central-western plains of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the Castlereagh Highway 95 km (59 mi) north-west of Gilgandra and 115 km (71 mi) south-east of Walgett. At the 2016 census, Coonamble had a population of 2,750. It is the regional hub for wheat growing and sheep and wool. The name for the town is taken from the Gamilaraay word guna (faeces) and -bil (having much).
Key facts
- Australian place.type
- town
- Australian place.name
- Coonamble
- Australian place.state
- nsw
- Australian place.image
- Coonamble Castlereagh Street 001.JPG
- Australian place.caption
- Castlereagh St, the main street of Coonamble
- Australian place.lga
- Coonamble
- Australian place.county
- Leichhardt
- Australian place.region
- Orana
- Australian place.postcode
- 2829
- Australian place.pop
- 2,750
- Australian place.elevation
- 180
- Australian place.maxtemp
- 26.6
- Australian place.mintemp
- 11.6
- Australian place.rainfall
- 504.9
- Australian place.stategov
- Barwon
- Australian place.fedgov
- Parkes
- Australian place.dist1
- 575
- Australian place.dir1
- NW
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Coonamble is a town on the central-western plains of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the Castlereagh Highway 95 km (59 mi) north-west of Gilgandra and 115 km (71 mi) south-east of Walgett. At the 2016 census, Coonamble had a population of 2,750. It is the regional hub for wheat growing and sheep and wool. The name for the town is taken from the Gamilaraay word guna (faeces) and -bil (having much).
Brigidine nuns from Ireland established a school in 1883. Their architecturally distinguished convent was dismantled in 1990 and transported to Pokolbin in 1991, where it now houses The Convent resort.
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