Coonamble

Also known as Coonamble, New South Wales, Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia

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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Wikidata facts

Population: 2353
Elevation: 182
Image: Coonamble.JPG

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Commons category: Coonamble
postal code: 2829
male population: 1358
female population: 1392

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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.