Cobbora is an almost defunct village in

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. The name of the locality was also spelled Cobborah. Cobbora was established where the original track from

Mudgee Mudgee is a town in the Central West (New South Wales), Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It is in the broad fertile Cudgegong River valley north-west of Sydney and is the largest town in the Mid-Western Regional Council Local gover ...

Mendooran Mendooran (pronunciation: ''men-door-an'') is a small town adjacent to the Castlereagh River in the Warrumbungle Shire of central western New South Wales, Australia. The town lies at an altitude of 271 metres above sea level, 348 kilometres west ...

crossed the

Talbragar River Talbragar River, a perennial stream that is part of the Macquarie catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Orana district of New South Wales, Australia. The river rises on the western side of the Liverpool Range on south s ...

. In the late 1800s, it had a police station and was considered to be the main locality on the Talbragar.

Cobb & Co Cobb & Co was the name used by many successful sometimes quite independent Australian coaching businesses. The first was established in 1853 by American Freeman Cobb and his partners. The name Cobb & Co grew to great prominence in the late 19th ...

coaches travelled through Cobbora twice a week in 1876 to 1879. However, in 1910 the railway took a route via

Dunedoo Dunedoo ( ) is a village of 1,021 inhabitants situated within the Warrumbungle Shire of central western New South Wales, Australia. Dunedoo is well known to Australian travellers due to its distinctive name (''Dunny'' is a colloquial Australian ...

which bypassed Cobbora, and the village went into a terminal decline. Talbragar River, at Cobbora NSW, November 2009

Cobbora is located adjacent to the

Golden Highway Golden Highway is a highway, located in the Hunter Region, Hunter and Orana (New South Wales), Orana regions of New South Wales, Australia. It runs eastwards from Dubbo towards Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle on the coast, allowing roa ...

about 15 kilometres west of Dunedoo.

Cobbora Shire Cobbora Shire was a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. Cobbora Shire was proclaimed (as Cobborah Shire) on 7 March 1906, one of 134 shires created after the passing of the ''Local Government (Shires) Act 19 ...

was a former local government council area, which covered rural areas around Cobbora and Geurie with no significant towns. During a local government reorganisation, Cobbora Shire was abolished and parts of its area were added to several of the surrounding council areas.

Planned coal mine

A coal mine is planned just outside the village of Cobbora.

References

{{Towns and Villages in Warrumbungle Shire Localities in New South Wales Warrumbungle Shire