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'''Coonabarabran''' ({{IPAc-en|k|uː|n|ə|b|ær|ə|b|r|ə|n}})<ref>''[[Macquarie Dictionary|Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition]]'' (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. {{ISBN|1-876429-14-3}}</ref>
'''Coonabarabran''' ({{IPAc-en|k|uː|n|ə|b|ær|ə|b|r|ə|n}})<ref>''[[Macquarie Dictionary|Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition]]'' (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. {{ISBN|1-876429-14-3}}</ref>
is a town in [[Warrumbungle Shire]] that sits on the divide between the [[Central West (New South Wales)|Central West]] and [[North West Slopes]] regions of [[New South Wales]], Australia. At the [[2016 Australian census|2016 census]], the town had a population of 2,537,<ref name="ABS">{{Census 2016 AUS | id = UCL115041 | name = Coonabarabran (Urban Centre/Locality) | quick = on | accessdate = 20 November 2016 }}[[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016050101/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |date=16 October 2017 }}.</ref>and as of 2021, the population of Coonabarabran and its surrounding area is 3,477.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Coonabarabran, Census All persons QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL11043 |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=www.abs.gov.au}}</ref> Local and district residents refer to the town as 'Coona'.
is a town in [[Warrumbungle Shire]] that sits on the divide between the [[Central West (New South Wales)|Central West]] and [[North West Slopes]] regions of [[New South Wales]], Australia. At the [[2021 Australian census|2021 census]], the town had a population of 2,387,<ref name="ABS">{{Census 2021 AUS | id = UCL115043 | name = Coonabarabran (Urban Centre/Locality) | quick = on | accessdate = 22 January 2024 }}[[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016050101/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |date=16 October 2017 }}.</ref> and as of 2021, the population of Coonabarabran and its surrounding area is 3,477.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Coonabarabran, Census All persons QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL11043 |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=www.abs.gov.au}}</ref> Local and district residents refer to the town as 'Coona'. Coonabarabran is the gateway to the [[Warrumbungle National Park]], [[Siding Spring Observatory]] and the [[Pilliga forest|Pilliga Forest]].

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==History and description==
In 1817 the area was opened up by a Government-sponsored expedition. In 1818 [[John Oxley]] found Aboriginal people living here — later identified as the western language reach of the [[Kamilaroi]] clans (Gamilaraay is the spelling used by linguists). Kamilaroi people are still well represented in the region, having occupied Coonabarabran for approximately 7,500 years.

In 1859 Lewis Gordon first proposed a town plan survey for Coonabarabran.


==Etymology==
The origin of the name ''Coonabarabran'' is unconfirmed. It may derive from a person's name or from the [[Gamilaraay language|Kamilaroi language]] word '''gunbaraaybaa''<nowiki/>' meaning 'excrement', translated earlier as meaning, 'peculiar odour', this is possibly a [[Expurgation|bowdlerisation]].
The origin of the name ''Coonabarabran'' is unconfirmed. It may derive from a person's name or from the [[Gamilaraay language|Kamilaroi language]] word '''gunbaraaybaa''<nowiki/>' meaning 'excrement', translated earlier as meaning, 'peculiar odour', this is possibly a [[Expurgation|bowdlerisation]].


Another possible meaning is derived from the [[Wiradjuri]] word for an inquisitive person, ‘''gunabaraburan''’. 'Coolabarabran' was the name of a station owned by James Weston in 1848.<ref>{{NSW GNR|id = JPckWyKmuj|title = Coonabarabran|access-date = 3 August 2013}} The GNB quotes ''Place Names of NSW their origins & Meanings'' by A.W. Reed, and also Appleton 1992 which presumably refers to the ''Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places'', Richard & Barbara Appleton, 1992.</ref>
Another possible meaning is derived from the [[Wiradjuri]] word for an inquisitive person, ‘''gunabaraburan''’. 'Coolabarabran' was the name of a station owned by James Weston in 1848.<ref>{{NSW GNR|id = JPckWyKmuj|title = Coonabarabran|access-date = 3 August 2013}} The GNB quotes ''Place Names of NSW their origins & Meanings'' by A.W. Reed, and also Appleton 1992 which presumably refers to the ''Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places'', Richard & Barbara Appleton, 1992.</ref>


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==History==
Coonabarabran Post Office opened on 1 January 1850.<ref name = "Post Office">{{Cite web | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Phoenix Auctions | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&filter=*Coonabarabran* | access-date = 22 January 2021 }}</ref>
The area around Coonabarabran and the [[Warrumbungles]] has been occupied by the [[Kamilaroi]] people for approximately 7,500 years. In 1818, the area was opened up for European settlement, when the [[Surveyor General of New South Wales|surveyor-general]] for the [[Colony of New South Wales]], [[John Oxley]], made an expedition through the north-west areas of the colony. Oxley surveyed the area around the Warrumbungles mountain range, which he named the "Arbuthnot Range".<ref name=SM>{{cite news |first=M.V.|last=Sheehan|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166102435 |title=Along the King's Highway: Coonabarabran and the Warrumbungles |newspaper=[[The Sydney Mail]]|location=Sydney, New South Wales |date=28 February 1934 |accessdate=20 August 2023 |page=42 |via=National Library of Australia}}
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The former convict, James Weston (1800–1883), who was assigned to the [[Cassilis, New South Wales|Cassilis]] area in the Upper Hunter Region before being granted his freedom in 1843, acquired the agricultural area known as "Coolabarbyan" in the district in 1843.<ref name=SM/> Weston was among the first permanent settlers in the district, cultivating 20 acres of wheat and constructing a water-powered mill to make flour from his crops on the southern bank of the [[Castlereagh River]] (now Neilson Park), being appointed postmaster in 1849, and establishing the first inn, the "Castlereagh Inn" in the early 1850s.<ref name="RC">{{cite web |last1=Christison |first1=Ray |title=Thematic history of the former Coonabarabran Shire |url=https://www.higround.com.au/docs/THCoona.pdf |publisher=Warrumbungle Shire Council |access-date=20 August 2023 |date=2006}}</ref> In 1859, the town was first surveyed by Lewis Gordon, with the first sale of land recorded in 1859.<ref name=SM/> European settlement continued to grow from the 1860s, as the wheat industry moved from coastal areas to further inland, encouraged by the [[Robertson Land Acts]].<ref name="RC"/> A Police watch house was completed in 1857, and the first Court House was completed in 1861. The Village of Coonabarabran was gazetted on 2 May 1860.<ref name="RC"/> In 1870, the Public School was opened.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18747305 |title=COONABARABRAN. |newspaper=The Maitland Mercury And Hunter River General Advertiser |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 August 1870 |accessdate=20 August 2023 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> After construction of a new stone courthouse in 1878 the original courthouse was demolished and a post and telegraph office constructed on its site in 1879.
Coonabarabran Memorial Clock Tower is a central feature of the town, in the intersection of John Street and Dalgarno Street. It was built from local sandstone and dedicated in 1928.


The [[Coonabarabran Shire]] was proclaimed on 7 March 1906, with the enactment of the ''[[Local Government (Shires) Act 1905]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226474400 |title=PROCLAMATION |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=121 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 March 1906 |access-date=10 March 2019 |page=1606 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> With incorporation, the town continued to grow with the construction of the [[Gwabegar railway line|railway line]] through Binnaway to Coonabarabran in 1917 (extended to Baradine and Gwabegar in 1923) and the establishment of the [[Forestry Corporation of NSW|Forestry Commission]] in 1916, both of which facilitated the growth of agriculture and forestry as the primary industries of the region.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Christison |first1=Ray |title=Report on the Community Based Heritage Study of the former Coonabarabran Shire |url=http://www.warrumbungle.nsw.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/684/CoonabarabranShireHeritageStudyFinalReport.pdf.aspx |publisher=Warrumbungle Shire Council |access-date=10 March 2019 |date=2006}}</ref>
Coonabarabran is the gateway to the [[Warrumbungle National Park]] and the [[Pilliga forest|Pilliga Forest]].

In 1926–1928, a local committee organised the development of the town memorial to the First World War in the form of the Coonabarabran Memorial Clock Tower at the central town intersection of John Street and Dalgarno Street. Built from local sandstone by Edmund Pye of [[Gunnedah]] at a cost of £1,300, the clock tower was officially dedicated on 23 August 1928 by Major General [[Charles Frederick Cox]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155916814 |title=LOCAL NEWS |newspaper=Mudgee Guardian And North-western Representative |location=Mudgee, New South Wales |date=16 February 1928 |accessdate=20 August 2023 |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16488989 |title=COONABARABRAN SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |location=Sydney, New South Wales|date=24 August 1928 |accessdate=20 August 2023 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


==Heritage listings==
==Heritage listings==
Coonabarabran has a number of heritage-listed sites, including those listed on the [[New South Wales State Heritage Register]] (SHR), [https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/Heritage/aboutheritage/registers.htm State Government Agency Section 170 Registers] (s.170), and the [https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2013-0670 Warrumbungle Local Environmental Plan] (LEP). The first heritage listings occurred under the now-defunct national [[Register of the National Estate]] in 1978, and the Coonabarabran Local Environmental Plan 1990, but no further local level studies have been undertaken since.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231886584 |title=ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT ACT 1979 – Coonabarabran Local Environmental Plan 1990 |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |issue=18 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=25 January 1991 |accessdate=20 August 2023 |page=752 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Coonabarabran has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

* Oxley Highway: [[Burra Bee Dee Mission]]<ref name=nswshr-1688>{{cite NSW SHR|5054965|Burra Bee Dee Mission|hr=01688|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Coonabarabran Railway Precinct (s.170)<ref>{{cite web |title=Coonabarabran Railway Precinct |url=https://www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au/App/Item/ViewItem?itemId=3150079 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref>
* Dalgarno Street: Coonabarabran General Cemetery (LEP)<ref>{{cite web |title=Coonabarabran General Cemetery |url=https://www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au/App/Item/ViewItem?itemId=1391161 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=General Cemetery |url=https://www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au/App/Item/ViewItem?itemId=1391028 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref>
* John and Dalgarno streets: Coonabarabran Clock Tower (LEP)<ref>{{cite web |title=Coonabarabran Clock Tower |url=https://www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au/App/Item/ViewItem?itemId=1391003 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref>
* John and Dalgarno streets: Coonabarabran Courthouse (LEP & s.170)<ref>{{cite web |title=Coonabarabran Courthouse |url=https://www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au/App/Item/ViewItem?itemId=3080045 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Courthouse |url=https://www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au/App/Item/ViewItem?itemId=1391029 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref>
* Main Road, 55: Flags Inn Site (LEP; Archaeological)<ref>{{cite web |title=Flags Inn Site|url=https://www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au/App/Item/ViewItem?itemId=1391005 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref>
* Oxley Highway: [[Burra Bee Dee Mission]] and Cemetery (SHR & LEP)<ref name=nswshr-1688>{{cite NSW SHR|5054965|Burra Bee Dee Mission|hr=01688|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Burra Bee Dee Aboriginal Mission Cemetery|url=https://www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au/App/Item/ViewItem?itemId=1391001 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Burra Bee Dee Cemetery|url=https://www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au/App/Item/ViewItem?itemId=1391147 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Burra Bee Dee Mission|url=https://www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au/App/Item/ViewItem?itemId=1391053 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref>
* 4&nbsp;km west of Bulgaldie: Chalk Mountain Area (LEP)<ref>{{cite web |title=Chalk Mountain Area|url=https://www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au/App/Item/ViewItem?itemId=1391006 |website=NSW State Heritage Inventory |publisher=Heritage NSW |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref>

==Demographics==

{{Historical populations
|type= Australia
|1954|2210
|1961|2547
|1966|2793
|1971|3055
|1976|3068
|1981|3001
|1986|3033
|1991|2959
|1996|3012
|2001|2736
|2006|2609
|2011|2576
|2016|2537
|2021|2387
|source=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] data.<ref name="ABS Census data">{{cite web |title=Statistics by Catalogue Number |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ViewContent?readform&view=ProductsbyCatalogue&Action=Expand&Num=2.2 |access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="ABS Census data recent">{{cite web |title=Search Census data |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/search-by-area |access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref>
}}


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According to the 2021 Census, there were 2,387 people in Coonabarabran.
==Population==
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* Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 15.8% of the population.
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According to the 2016 Census, there were 2,537 people in Coonabarabran.
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* 77.9% of people were born in Australia and 80.2% of people spoke only English at home.
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* Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 15.7% of the population.
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* The most common responses for religion were No Religion 27.1%, Catholic 20.8% and Anglican 20.0%.<ref name="ABS"/>
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* 82.8% of people were born in Australia and 87.5% of people spoke only English at home.
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* The most common responses for religion were Anglican 25.2%, No Religion 23.8% and Catholic 22.8%.<ref name="ABS"/>


==Astronomy==
==Astronomy==
Coonabarabran is the closest town to the [[Siding Spring Observatory]], which is home to the 3.9-metre [[Anglo-Australian Telescope]], the largest optical telescope in Australia. It is operated by the [[Australian Astronomical Observatory]] (formerly the Anglo-Australian Observatory). A dozen other telescopes are on Siding Spring Mountain, a number of which are operated by the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the [[Australian National University]]. Siding Spring is also home to the Uppsala Telescope where [[Robert H. McNaught]] discovered his now famous daylight comet [[C/2006 P1]] in August 2006. The [[Mopra Observatory]], which is home to a 22-metre radio telescope owned and operated by the [[CSIRO]] is also near the Siding Spring Observatory, but is operated remotely from Narrabri. A recent addition to the town was the construction of the world's largest virtual solar system drive<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solarsystemdrive.com/|title=World's Largest Virtual Solar System Drive|access-date=13 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113135244/http://www.solarsystemdrive.com/|archive-date=13 November 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> on the roads leading to the observatory. Coonabarabran markets itself as the "astronomy capital of Australia", many of the businesses and government buildings in the town feature astronomically themed information plaques.
Coonabarabran is the closest town to the [[Siding Spring Observatory]], which is home to the 3.9-metre [[Anglo-Australian Telescope]], the largest optical telescope in Australia. It is operated by the [[Australian Astronomical Observatory]] (formerly the Anglo-Australian Observatory). A dozen other telescopes are on Siding Spring Mountain, a number of which are operated by the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the [[Australian National University]]. Siding Spring is also home to the Uppsala Telescope where [[Robert H. McNaught]] discovered his now famous daylight comet [[C/2006 P1]] in August 2006. The [[Mopra Observatory]], which is home to a 22-metre radio telescope owned and operated by the [[CSIRO]] is also near the Siding Spring Observatory, but is operated remotely from Narrabri. A recent addition to the town was the construction of the world's largest virtual solar system drive<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solarsystemdrive.com/|title=World's Largest Virtual Solar System Drive|access-date=13 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113135244/http://www.solarsystemdrive.com/|archive-date=13 November 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> on the roads leading to the observatory. Coonabarabran markets itself as the "astronomy capital of Australia", many of the businesses and government buildings in the town feature astronomically themed information plaques.


==Shops, Services and Recreation==
==Recreation==
[[File:Coonabarabran post office exterior.jpg|alt=The exterior of the Coonabarabran post office from the street. It is red brick with white detailing.|thumb|The Coonabarabran Post Office]]
[[File:Coonabarabran post office exterior.jpg|alt=The exterior of the Coonabarabran post office from the street. It is red brick with white detailing.|thumb|The Coonabarabran Post Office]]
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Coonabarabran Unicorns rugby league team play in the [[Castlereagh Cup]].
Being a small country town, Coonabarabran has limited shops. There is a major chain shopping centres, [[Woolworths (supermarket)|Woolworths]] and a new IGA has opened after a major redevelopment of the Dalgarno St site (formerly Foodworks, Coles, Bi-lo, Tuckerbag, Payless, Permewans, and many others over the years), plus the fast food store [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]]. It also has other small cafe restaurants and take away stores. Until 2007 there was an IGA store, run by the Woo family, that supplied most of the town.


==Churches==
There is a newsagent, bakery, catering service, Chinese restaurant, one open hotel (Imperial Hotel) and two open clubs (Coonabarabran Bowling Club and Coonabarabran Golf Club). There are fashion establishments such as Surf, Work, Street, Sole Impression, The Lighthouse, Graces Uniforms, gift shops and several hair/beauty salons. It also has two variety secondhand clothing stores [[ADRA]] and a [[Society of Saint Vincent de Paul|St Vincent DePaul]]. There is a hardware store: Home Hardware. There are several car and heavy vehicle repairers and two tyre repairers.
The [[Anglican Diocese of Bathurst|Anglican]] Christ Church at 94 Dalgarno Street was opened in 1939 by Bishop [[Arnold Wylde]] to a design by [[Lindsay Gordon Scott]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article263568562 |title=C. of E. Notes |newspaper=The North-western Watchman |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=25 March 1937 |accessdate=8 August 2023 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article263495292 |title=Christ Church |newspaper=The North-western Watchman |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 September 1939 |accessdate=6 November 2021 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name=ccc>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article263494397 |title=New Church Overcrowded |newspaper=The North-western Watchman |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 August 1939 |accessdate=6 November 2021 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
A furniture store is also stationed in the towns Main Street: Hayes’s Homemaker Heaven.


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Other Churches include St. Lawrence's Catholic Church, Presbyterian Church, Uniting Church and Seventh Day Adventist Church.
The Coonabarabran Business Centre & Computer Hospital, next door to Chimps barbershop in the Imperial Hotel complex, opened in 2013.

The Coonabarabran Gym, Fit 4 All Coonabarabran, opened in 2022.

There are numerous motels, hotels, and caravan parks for travellers. The town has a library, post office, NRMA office and Service NSW office.

There is a hospital, 2 pharmacies, 2 dentists and a number of doctors. There are aged care facilities in the town, providing hostel, lodge and nursing home facilities. There are also village self-care units.

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Churches include St. Lawrence's Catholic Church, Anglican Church, Presbyterian Church, Uniting Church and Seventh Day Adventist Church.

===Sport===
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Coonabarabran Unicorns rugby league team play in the [[Castlereagh Cup]].


==Climate==
==Climate==
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Independently owned and operated, the [[Coonabarabran Times]] newspaper circulates throughout the Warrumbungle Shire area. Approximately 2700 copies are distributed each Thursday across the townships of Coonabarabran, Binnaway, Baradine, Coolah, Dunedoo, Mendooran and Mullaley. The Coonabarabran Times was founded in 1927 as an amalgamation of The Bligh Watchman (1877–1927) and The Clarion (1910–1927). It continues to be a solid publication, consisting of local news and issues facing the community, sport, events and advertisements.
Independently owned and operated, the [[Coonabarabran Times]] newspaper circulates throughout the Warrumbungle Shire area. Approximately 2700 copies are distributed each Thursday across the townships of Coonabarabran, Binnaway, Baradine, Coolah, Dunedoo, Mendooran and Mullaley. The Coonabarabran Times was founded in 1927 as an amalgamation of The Bligh Watchman (1877–1927) and The Clarion (1910–1927). It continues to be a solid publication, consisting of local news and issues facing the community, sport, events and advertisements.


Coonabarabran was one of the earliest towns to have a dedicated website after registering Coonabarabran.com in 1999 and creating a website in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://coonabarabran.com/ |title=Coonabarabran.com |access-date=20 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010422000551/http://coonabarabran.com/ |archive-date=22 April 2001 |df=dmy }}</ref> The site was closed and the domain sat idle after mismanagement of the domain after the closure of the Coonabarabran Technology Centre in 2013. A local individual then created Coonabarabran.org in 2013 which now hosts Coonabarabran News,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coonabarabrannews.com | title=Coonabarabran News|access-date=20 September 2016}}</ref> an online curation of local news and interest stories.
Coonabarabran registered Coonabarabran.com in 1999 and creating a website in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://coonabarabran.com/ |title=Coonabarabran.com |access-date=20 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010422000551/http://coonabarabran.com/ |archive-date=22 April 2001 |df=dmy }}</ref> Coonabarabran.org began in 2013 and it hosts Coonabarabran News,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coonabarabrannews.com | title=Coonabarabran News|access-date=20 September 2016}}</ref> an online curation of local news and interest stories.


Coonabarabran also has a [[Facebook]] page and [[Twitter]] account under the Coonabarabran name.
Coonabarabran also has a [[Facebook]] page and [[Twitter]] account under the Coonabarabran name.
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==Schools==
==Schools==

In Coonabarabran are three schools:
In Coonabarabran are three schools:


===Coonabarabran Public School===
===Coonabarabran Public School===
Coonabarabran Public School is on John Street, on the Oxley Highway and is Government funded. It has approximately 330 students, and offers from kindergarten to Year 6. Its Principal is Ms Juanita Meier. The School has many achievement awards such as Personal Best, Strive to Achieve and Aiming for Excellence
[[Coonabarabran Public School]] (established 1870) is on John Street, on the Oxley Highway and is Government funded. It has approximately 330 students from kindergarten to Year 6.<ref>{{cite web |title=Coonabarabran Public School |url=https://coonabarab-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/ |publisher=NSW Department of Education |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref>


===Coonabarabran High School===
===Coonabarabran High School===
[[Coonabarabran High School]] (established 1962) is on the [[Oxley Highway]] and is Government funded. It has approximately 380 students. It has a range of academic and sporting facilities including an agriculture plot, three computer labs, and a hall. The Principal is Mrs Mary Doolan, and the Deputy Principal is Mr Duncan Graham.<ref>[https://coonabarabranhigh.com/wp/ Coonabarabran High School]</ref>
[[Coonabarabran High School]] (established 1962) is on the [[Oxley Highway]] and is Government funded providing secondary education to the surrounding area. It has approximately 380 students.<ref>{{cite web |title=Coonabarabran High School |url=https://coonabarab-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/ |publisher=NSW Department of Education |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref>


===St Lawrence's Catholic School===
===St Lawrence's Catholic Primary School===
St Lawrence's Catholic School is on Dalgarno Street. It caters for kindergarten to Year Six and has approximately 110 students. Education is based around the Catholic faith. It has an agriculture plot, a computer lab, recently renewed basketball courts and is across the road from St Lawrence's Catholic Church. The high school part of the school closed at the end of 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Parents lose battle to save Coonabarabran high school |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/15/2571188.htm |website=ABC News |access-date=9 September 2018 |language=en-AU |date=15 May 2009}}</ref>
St Lawrence's Catholic Primary School is on Dalgarno Street, founded in 1888 by the [[Sisters of Saint Joseph]]. It caters for kindergarten to Year Six and has approximately 110 students. Education is based around the Catholic faith and is across the road from St Lawrence's Catholic Church.<ref>{{cite web |title=St Lawrence's Catholic Primary School Coonabarabran |url=https://www.stlawriescoona.catholic.edu.au/ |publisher=Catholic Education, Diocese of Bathurst |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref> The high school part of the school closed at the end of 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Parents lose battle to save Coonabarabran high school |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/15/2571188.htm |website=ABC News |access-date=9 September 2018 |language=en-AU |date=15 May 2009}}</ref>


==Notable residents==
==Notable residents==
* [[Ros Bower]] (1923-1980) was a TV producer and a leader in community arts. She was born here.<ref>{{Citation |last=Hull |first=Andrea |title=Helen Rosalie (Ros) Bower (1923–1980) |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bower-helen-rosalie-ros-9554 |access-date=2024-09-12 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Bryan (executive)|Elizabeth Bryan]], chair of [[Insurance Australia Group]]
* [[Elizabeth Bryan (executive)|Elizabeth Bryan]], chair of [[Insurance Australia Group]]
* [[Mary Jane Cain]], indigenous Australian who was instrumental in the 1912 establishment of the "Burra Bee Dee" Aboriginal Reserve.
* [[Mary Jane Cain]], indigenous Australian who was instrumental in the 1912 establishment of the "Burra Bee Dee" Aboriginal Reserve
* Noel Knight, DFC, Coonabarabran-born and bred son of Mr and Mrs A. Knight, raised on "Tannabar". Flight Lieutenant Knight was a bomber pilot with the RAAF stationed in England in WWII and a 1944 recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross.<ref>Gilgandra Weekly, 15 June 1944 "D.F.C. for Noel Knight" p.1, col 4.</ref>
* [[Gerard Sutton (rugby league)|Gerard Sutton]], rugby league referee
* [[Gerard Sutton (rugby league)|Gerard Sutton]], rugby league referee
* [[Kylea Tink]], businesswoman and charity CEO
* [[Kylea Tink]], politician
* [[Kyle Turner. (Died August 2023 age 31) (rugby league)|Kyle Turner]], rugby league player 2014 premiership winner with [[South Sydney Rabbitohs|South Sydney]]
* [[Kyle Turner (rugby league)|Kyle Turner]], rugby league player 2014 premiership winner with [[South Sydney Rabbitohs|South Sydney]]
* [[Will Robinson (rugby league)|Will Robinson]], rugby league player
* [[Will Robinson (rugby league)|Will Robinson]], rugby league player


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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Coonabarabran, New South Wales}}
* {{Commons category-inline|Coonabarabran, New South Wales}}
* [http://www.solarsystemdrive.com/index.html Strap on your seatbelts and launch into Coonabarabran, The Astronomy Capital of Australia. Experience a scaled model of our Solar System that's 38 million times smaller than outer space!]
* [http://www.solarsystemdrive.com/index.html Strap on your seatbelts and launch into Coonabarabran, The Astronomy Capital of Australia. Experience a scaled model of our Solar System that's 38 million times smaller than outer space!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706075801/http://solarsystemdrive.com/index.html |date=6 July 2018 }}
* [http://www.coonabarabran.org Coonabarabran Astronomy Capital of Australia]
* [http://www.coonabarabran.org Coonabarabran Astronomy Capital of Australia]
* [http://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/mopra/ Australia Telescope National Facility]
* [http://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/mopra/ Australia Telescope National Facility]


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Coonabarabran
New South Wales
Town centre/ Imperial Hotel
Coonabarabran is located in New South Wales
Coonabarabran
Coonabarabran
Coordinates31°15′S 149°16′E / 31.250°S 149.267°E / -31.250; 149.267
Population2,387 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2357
Elevation505 m (1,657 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Warrumbungle Shire
CountyGowen
State electorate(s)Barwon
Federal division(s)Parkes
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
23.7 °C
75 °F		 7.4 °C
45 °F		 748.4 mm
29.5 in

Coonabarabran (/kuːnəbærəbrən/)[2] is a town in Warrumbungle Shire that sits on the divide between the Central West and North West Slopes regions of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2021 census, the town had a population of 2,387,[1] and as of 2021, the population of Coonabarabran and its surrounding area is 3,477.[3] Local and district residents refer to the town as 'Coona'. Coonabarabran is the gateway to the Warrumbungle National Park, Siding Spring Observatory and the Pilliga Forest.

Etymology

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The origin of the name Coonabarabran is unconfirmed. It may derive from a person's name or from the Kamilaroi language word 'gunbaraaybaa' meaning 'excrement', translated earlier as meaning, 'peculiar odour', this is possibly a bowdlerisation.

Another possible meaning is derived from the Wiradjuri word for an inquisitive person, ‘gunabaraburan’. 'Coolabarabran' was the name of a station owned by James Weston in 1848.[4]

History

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The area around Coonabarabran and the Warrumbungles has been occupied by the Kamilaroi people for approximately 7,500 years. In 1818, the area was opened up for European settlement, when the surveyor-general for the Colony of New South Wales, John Oxley, made an expedition through the north-west areas of the colony. Oxley surveyed the area around the Warrumbungles mountain range, which he named the "Arbuthnot Range".[5]

The former convict, James Weston (1800–1883), who was assigned to the Cassilis area in the Upper Hunter Region before being granted his freedom in 1843, acquired the agricultural area known as "Coolabarbyan" in the district in 1843.[5] Weston was among the first permanent settlers in the district, cultivating 20 acres of wheat and constructing a water-powered mill to make flour from his crops on the southern bank of the Castlereagh River (now Neilson Park), being appointed postmaster in 1849, and establishing the first inn, the "Castlereagh Inn" in the early 1850s.[6] In 1859, the town was first surveyed by Lewis Gordon, with the first sale of land recorded in 1859.[5] European settlement continued to grow from the 1860s, as the wheat industry moved from coastal areas to further inland, encouraged by the Robertson Land Acts.[6] A Police watch house was completed in 1857, and the first Court House was completed in 1861. The Village of Coonabarabran was gazetted on 2 May 1860.[6] In 1870, the Public School was opened.[7] After construction of a new stone courthouse in 1878 the original courthouse was demolished and a post and telegraph office constructed on its site in 1879.

The Coonabarabran Shire was proclaimed on 7 March 1906, with the enactment of the Local Government (Shires) Act 1905.[8] With incorporation, the town continued to grow with the construction of the railway line through Binnaway to Coonabarabran in 1917 (extended to Baradine and Gwabegar in 1923) and the establishment of the Forestry Commission in 1916, both of which facilitated the growth of agriculture and forestry as the primary industries of the region.[9]

In 1926–1928, a local committee organised the development of the town memorial to the First World War in the form of the Coonabarabran Memorial Clock Tower at the central town intersection of John Street and Dalgarno Street. Built from local sandstone by Edmund Pye of Gunnedah at a cost of £1,300, the clock tower was officially dedicated on 23 August 1928 by Major General Charles Frederick Cox.[10][11]

Heritage listings

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Coonabarabran has a number of heritage-listed sites, including those listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register (SHR), State Government Agency Section 170 Registers (s.170), and the Warrumbungle Local Environmental Plan (LEP). The first heritage listings occurred under the now-defunct national Register of the National Estate in 1978, and the Coonabarabran Local Environmental Plan 1990, but no further local level studies have been undertaken since.[12]

  • Coonabarabran Railway Precinct (s.170)[13]
  • Dalgarno Street: Coonabarabran General Cemetery (LEP)[14][15]
  • John and Dalgarno streets: Coonabarabran Clock Tower (LEP)[16]
  • John and Dalgarno streets: Coonabarabran Courthouse (LEP & s.170)[17][18]
  • Main Road, 55: Flags Inn Site (LEP; Archaeological)[19]
  • Oxley Highway: Burra Bee Dee Mission and Cemetery (SHR & LEP)[20][21][22][23]
  • 4 km west of Bulgaldie: Chalk Mountain Area (LEP)[24]

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
19542,210—    
19612,547+15.2%
19662,793+9.7%
19713,055+9.4%
19763,068+0.4%
19813,001−2.2%
19863,033+1.1%
19912,959−2.4%
19963,012+1.8%
20012,736−9.2%
20062,609−4.6%
20112,576−1.3%
20162,537−1.5%
20212,387−5.9%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics data.[25][26]

According to the 2021 Census, there were 2,387 people in Coonabarabran.

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 15.8% of the population.
  • 77.9% of people were born in Australia and 80.2% of people spoke only English at home.
  • The most common responses for religion were No Religion 27.1%, Catholic 20.8% and Anglican 20.0%.[1]

Astronomy

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Coonabarabran is the closest town to the Siding Spring Observatory, which is home to the 3.9-metre Anglo-Australian Telescope, the largest optical telescope in Australia. It is operated by the Australian Astronomical Observatory (formerly the Anglo-Australian Observatory). A dozen other telescopes are on Siding Spring Mountain, a number of which are operated by the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University. Siding Spring is also home to the Uppsala Telescope where Robert H. McNaught discovered his now famous daylight comet C/2006 P1 in August 2006. The Mopra Observatory, which is home to a 22-metre radio telescope owned and operated by the CSIRO is also near the Siding Spring Observatory, but is operated remotely from Narrabri. A recent addition to the town was the construction of the world's largest virtual solar system drive[27] on the roads leading to the observatory. Coonabarabran markets itself as the "astronomy capital of Australia", many of the businesses and government buildings in the town feature astronomically themed information plaques.

Recreation

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The exterior of the Coonabarabran post office from the street. It is red brick with white detailing.
The Coonabarabran Post Office

Coonabarabran Unicorns rugby league team play in the Castlereagh Cup.

Churches

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The Anglican Christ Church at 94 Dalgarno Street was opened in 1939 by Bishop Arnold Wylde to a design by Lindsay Gordon Scott.[28][29][30]

Other Churches include St. Lawrence's Catholic Church, Presbyterian Church, Uniting Church and Seventh Day Adventist Church.

Climate

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Coonabarabran has a subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with hot summers and cool winters. On average, 56.6 mornings (including 16.3 in July) fall below 0 °C or 32 °F; and in July 2002 the monthly mean minimum was as low as −3.5 °C or 25.7 °F. Rainfall is greatest from December to February with summer thunderstorms. Temperature extremes have historically ranged from 44.0 °C or 111.2 °F to −9.0 °C or 15.8 °F.

Climate data for Coonabarabran (Showgrounds, 1991–2020, extremes to 1957); 520 m AMSL; 31.28° S, 149.28° E
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 44.0
(111.2) 		42.9
(109.2) 		37.5
(99.5) 		32.7
(90.9) 		26.7
(80.1) 		24.6
(76.3) 		24.2
(75.6) 		29.0
(84.2) 		33.6
(92.5) 		36.2
(97.2) 		41.6
(106.9) 		41.5
(106.7) 		44.0
(111.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 32.0
(89.6) 		30.6
(87.1) 		28.0
(82.4) 		24.1
(75.4) 		19.6
(67.3) 		16.1
(61.0) 		15.5
(59.9) 		17.4
(63.3) 		21.0
(69.8) 		24.5
(76.1) 		27.6
(81.7) 		30.1
(86.2) 		23.9
(75.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 15.8
(60.4) 		15.2
(59.4) 		11.7
(53.1) 		6.9
(44.4) 		3.3
(37.9) 		1.4
(34.5) 		0.3
(32.5) 		0.4
(32.7) 		3.7
(38.7) 		7.2
(45.0) 		11.0
(51.8) 		13.5
(56.3) 		7.5
(45.6)
Record low °C (°F) 3.6
(38.5) 		3.6
(38.5) 		0.6
(33.1) 		−3.3
(26.1) 		−5.8
(21.6) 		−7.2
(19.0) 		−9.0
(15.8) 		−7.6
(18.3) 		−5.0
(23.0) 		−2.1
(28.2) 		−0.8
(30.6) 		2.7
(36.9) 		−9.0
(15.8)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 91.4
(3.60) 		83.2
(3.28) 		64.6
(2.54) 		38.7
(1.52) 		44.3
(1.74) 		55.9
(2.20) 		56.0
(2.20) 		42.6
(1.68) 		56.3
(2.22) 		58.2
(2.29) 		79.1
(3.11) 		95.6
(3.76) 		765.0
(30.12)
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) 8.3 6.7 6.7 4.2 5.8 8.2 8.5 6.8 7.0 7.7 9.2 8.6 87.7
Average afternoon relative humidity (%) 40 44 41 41 48 55 52 44 42 39 39 39 44
Source: Bureau of Meteorology[31]

Media

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Independently owned and operated, the Coonabarabran Times newspaper circulates throughout the Warrumbungle Shire area. Approximately 2700 copies are distributed each Thursday across the townships of Coonabarabran, Binnaway, Baradine, Coolah, Dunedoo, Mendooran and Mullaley. The Coonabarabran Times was founded in 1927 as an amalgamation of The Bligh Watchman (1877–1927) and The Clarion (1910–1927). It continues to be a solid publication, consisting of local news and issues facing the community, sport, events and advertisements.

Coonabarabran registered Coonabarabran.com in 1999 and creating a website in 2001.[32] Coonabarabran.org began in 2013 and it hosts Coonabarabran News,[33] an online curation of local news and interest stories.

Coonabarabran also has a Facebook page and Twitter account under the Coonabarabran name.

The area is currently served by a small community radio station, 2WCR FM. This station broadcasts on 99.5 FM. It has a good broadcasting range but it can be a bit scratchy due to the hill-like terrain.

Old Coonabarabran Court House
War memorial at Coonabarabran
Castlereagh River

Schools

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In Coonabarabran are three schools:

Coonabarabran Public School

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Coonabarabran Public School (established 1870) is on John Street, on the Oxley Highway and is Government funded. It has approximately 330 students from kindergarten to Year 6.[34]

Coonabarabran High School

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Coonabarabran High School (established 1962) is on the Oxley Highway and is Government funded providing secondary education to the surrounding area. It has approximately 380 students.[35]

St Lawrence's Catholic Primary School

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St Lawrence's Catholic Primary School is on Dalgarno Street, founded in 1888 by the Sisters of Saint Joseph. It caters for kindergarten to Year Six and has approximately 110 students. Education is based around the Catholic faith and is across the road from St Lawrence's Catholic Church.[36] The high school part of the school closed at the end of 2009.[37]

Notable residents

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Transport

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The township is on the Newell Highway and the Oxley Highway, approximately halfway between Melbourne and Brisbane and can be reached in about six hours by car from Sydney. It is on the main inland truck route between Queensland and Victoria.

The Gwabegar railway line passes through the town. Passenger rail services were replaced by coaches in the 1970s. The section of the Gwabegar line between Binnaway and Gwabegar is booked out of use, from 28 October 2005 for safety reasons.[39]

Coonabarabran Airport is 12 km south of the town.

References

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Coonabarabran travel guide from Wikivoyage

Preceding station Former services Following station
Yearinan
towards Gwabegar
 Gwabegar Line Ulamambri
towards Wallerawang
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