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Coonabarabran

Coonabarabran is known as the astronomy capital of Australia due to its proximity to observatories including Siding Spring, home to Australia’s largest telescope.

Quick facts

Training region
Western NSW
Subregion
Western NSW
GP Synergy grouping
A
RA/MMM classification
RA3 / MMM5
Population

Coonabarabran has a population of more than 3,000 with 52.3% of the population female and 47.7% male. The median age of Coonabarabran residents is 44 years of age. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 14% of the population.

Coonabarabran is in the Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN). This profile provides an overview of the community serviced by the WNSW PHN.

Location

Coonabarabran, known locally as ‘Coona’, is a town in Warrumbungle Shire that sits on the divide between the Central West and North West Slopes regions of NSW. It is about 455 kilometres from Sydney.

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.

Transport links

The closest regional domestic airport is Dubbo, approximately two hours from Coonabarabran, offering regular flights to Sydney. There are also regular flights to Sydney from Tamworth, just over two hours drive from Coonabarabran.

Countrylink provides services from Sydney stopping at Dunedoo, Coolah, Mendooran, Binnaway, Coonabarabran and Baradine. Trains depart Central Station in Sydney and connect with a  coach service at Lithgow Station which travels to Coonabarabran.

Industry

The major sources of employment in Coonabarabran are:

  • retail trade
  • health care and social assistance
  • education and training
  • public administration and safety
  • accommodation and food services
  • agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Healthcare facilities

Coonabarabran Health Service is a small rural public hospital of less than 50 beds and health service that provides a range of services.

The hospital provides emergency care and general sub-acute care admissions. Services provided are heart, drug and alcohol, gastroenterology, general medicine, general surgery and respiratory care. Transfers of more acutely unwell patients are to the larger tertiary facilities at Dubbo, Orange, Tamworth and Sydney.

Coonabarabran is supported by an ambulance service.

Accredited GP training practices in town
Coonabarabran Area Medical Centre
Warrumbungle Medical Centre
Education

Coonabarabran has two primary schools and one high school:

  • Coonabarabran Public School
  • St Lawrence’s Central School
  • Coonabarabran High School

TAFE New England has a campus in Coonabarabran, that has a Connected Learning Centre providing a range of digital courses.

Childcare

Coonabarabran offers young families long day care, after school hours & vacation care, family day care and preschool services.

Shopping

Coonabarabran is a small country town with a Woolworths and IGA supermarkets. There are small cafe restaurants, take away food stores, hotels and licensed sporting clubs as well as a newsagent, hardware store, bakery and catering service.

Places of worship

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

For more information
Guide to the Coonabarabran Region
Coonabarabran Wikipedia page
Warrumbungle Shire Council

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