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Coonamble is a town on the central-western plains of
New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
,
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. It lies on the
Castlereagh Highway Castlereagh Highway is a state highway located in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. From north to south the highway traverses South West Queensland and the North West Slopes, Orana (New South Wales), Orana, and Central West (New South ...
north-west of
Gilgandra Gilgandra is a country town in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia, and services the surrounding agricultural area where wheat is grown extensively together with other cereal crops, and sheep and beef cattle are raised. The town i ...
. 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, where it now houses The Convent resort. Although Coonamble had been a major sheep industry region in the 1980s to 2000, there has recently been an increasing interest in cattle rearing. The summers can have temperatures reaching up to and in winter, there are nights as cold as . Most recently Coonamble has gained media coverage due to their mass floods over Christmas 2009.


Population

* In the 2016 Census, there were 2,750 people in Coonamble. * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 34.2% of the population. * 80.0% of people were born in Australia and 83.0% of people only spoke English at home. * The most common responses for religion were Anglican 34.3% and Catholic 28.9%.


Schools and churches

Coonamble has three schools: Coonamble Public School, St Brigids Catholic School, and Coonamble High School. It has a Catholic and an Anglican church.


Rodeo

Coonamble hosts an annual rodeo that is attended by around 1,000 competitors and 4,000 spectators.


Radio station

Coonamble has its own local radio station, 2MTM 91.9FM, which has a wide variety of music from country to modern.
Outback Radio 2WEB Outback Radio 2WEB is a community radio station broadcasting from Bourke, situated in far western New South Wales. Its broadcast area serves the communities of Bourke, Cobar, Nyngan, Coonamble, Walgett, Lightning Ridge, Wilcannia and many ...
broadcasts to the area on 91.1FM.


Sports

The Coonamble Bears play in the
Castlereagh Cup The Castlereagh League (also known as the Castlereagh Cup and Group 14) is a rugby league competition in western New South Wales, Australia, run under the auspices of the New South Wales Country Rugby League, Country Rugby League. For all intent ...
Rugby League competition. The Coonamble Rams play in the Western Plains Rugby Union competition.


Climate

Coonamble has a borderline
semi-arid A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a aridity, dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below Evapotranspiration#Potential evapotranspiration, potential evapotranspiration, but not as l ...
/
humid subtropical climate A humid subtropical climate is a subtropical -temperate climate type, characterized by long and hot summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between ...
(
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: BSh/Cfa) with hot summers, mild winters, and erratic rainfall year-round, with a summer maximum. The town is sunny, with 148.7 clear days annually


Heritage listings

Coonamble has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Dubbo–Coonamble railway:
Coonamble railway station Coonamble railway station is a heritage-listed former railway station at Coonamble in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. It served as the terminus for passenger services on the Coonamble railway line and was added to the New So ...


Notable people

*
Ron Boden Ronald James Boden (16 October 1936 – 24 August 2015) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played for Parramatta as a centre and also played for Australia, New South Wales and Queensland. Early life ...
, rugby league player * Alex Cullen, journalist *
Ned Hanigan Ned Hanigan (born 11 April 1996) is an Australian professional rugby union player who currently plays for the in the Super Rugby competition and the Australian Wallabies. His preferred positions are blindside flanker or lock. Early life and c ...
, rugby player *
Lancelot Hansen Lancelot Hansen (1885–1928) was an Australian rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by ...
, rugby league player *
Eddie Murray Eddie Clarence Murray (born February 24, 1956), nicknamed "Steady Eddie", is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman, designated hitter, and coach. Spending most of his MLB career with the Baltimore Orioles, he ranks fourth ...
, rugby league player, notable Aboriginal death in custody *
Mary Quirk Mary Lilly May Quirk (; 7 December 1880 – 4 March 1952) was an Australian politician. She was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1939 to 1950, winning the seat of Balmain after the death of her husband John Quirk. ...
, politician *
Jesse Ramien Jesse Ramien (born 27 April 1997) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League (NRL). He has previously played for the Newcastle Knights as well as a prev ...
, rugby league player *
Thomas Tyrrell Sir Thomas Tyrrill (23 June 1593 – 8 March 1671) was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660. He fought on the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War. Tyrrill was the son of Sir Edward Tyrrell ...
, trade unionist and politician *
Adriano Zumbo Adriano Zumbo (born 6 November 1981) is an Australian pâtissier and television presenter. He opened his first patisserie in 2007 before rising to prominence as a frequent guest on ''MasterChef Australia.'' Zumbo is the titular host of the Aust ...
, pâtissier and chef * Braiden Burns, rugby league player


See also

* Coonamble railway *
Coonamble airport Coonamble Airport is an airport located south of Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia. The airport is from the Coonamble post office. Airlines and destinations There is no regular passenger transport to Coonamble Airport. Prior to 2008 ...


References


External links


Coonamble Shire Council

Coonamble on the Castlereagh


(February 8, 2004)

(15 March 2003)
Aussie Towns Coonamble NSW
{{authority control Towns in New South Wales Towns in the Central West (New South Wales)