Coonamble
| Coonamble New South Wales | |||||||||
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 Castlereagh St, the main street of Coonamble | |||||||||
  Coonamble | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°57′0″S 148°24′0″E / 30.95000°S 148.40000°E | ||||||||
| Population | 2,750 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2829 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 180 m (591 ft) | ||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Coonamble | ||||||||
| Region | Orana | ||||||||
| County | Leichhardt | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Barwon | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Parkes | ||||||||
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Coonamble is a town on the central-western plains of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the Castlereagh Highway north-west of Gilgandra. At the 2016 census, Coonamble had a population of 2,750.[1] 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).[2]
Brigidine nuns from Ireland established a school in 1883.[3] Their architecturally distinguished convent was dismantled in 1990 and transported 600 km (373 mi) to Pokolbin, where it now houses The Convent resort.[4]
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 40 °C (104 °F) and in winter, there are nights as cold as 0 °C (32 °F). Most recently Coonamble has gained media coverage due to their mass floods over Christmas 2009.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 2,211 | — |
| 1933 | 2,717 | +22.9% |
| 1947 | 2,567 | −5.5% |
| 1954 | 2,910 | +13.4% |
| 1961 | 3,235 | +11.2% |
| 1966 | 3,410 | +5.4% |
| 1971 | 3,166 | −7.2% |
| 1976 | 3,054 | −3.5% |
| 1981 | 3,090 | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 3,058 | −1.0% |
| 1991 | 2,886 | −5.6% |
| 1996 | 2,754 | −4.6% |
| 2001 | 2,659 | −3.4% |
| 2006 | 2,549 | −4.1% |
| 2011 | 2,446 | −4.0% |
| 2016 | 2,409 | −1.5% |
| 2021 | 2,353 | −2.3% |
| Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics data.[5][6] | ||
- 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%.[1]
Schools and churches
[edit]Coonamble has three schools: Coonamble Public School, St Brigids Catholic School and Coonamble High School.
It has a Catholic and an Anglican church.
Rodeo
[edit]Coonamble hosts an annual rodeo that is attended by around 1,000 competitors and 4,000 spectators.[7]
Radio station
[edit]Coonamble has its own local radio station, 2MTM 91.9FM, which has a wide variety of music from country to modern.
Outback Radio 2WEB broadcasts to the area on 91.1FM.
Sports
[edit]The Coonamble Bears play in the Castlereagh Cup Rugby League competition. The Coonamble Rams play in the Western Plains Rugby Union competition.
Climate
[edit]Coonamble has a borderline semi-arid/humid subtropical climate (Köppen: 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[8]
| Climate data for Coonamble (30º58'48"S, 148º22'48"E, 180 m AMSL) (1907-2010 normals and extremes, rainfall 1878-2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 47.8 (118.0) |
45.6 (114.1) |
44.4 (111.9) |
39.4 (102.9) |
32.8 (91.0) |
27.8 (82.0) |
26.7 (80.1) |
33.3 (91.9) |
37.3 (99.1) |
41.1 (106.0) |
46.1 (115.0) |
46.1 (115.0) |
47.8 (118.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 34.9 (94.8) |
33.9 (93.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
26.7 (80.1) |
21.8 (71.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.3 (66.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
27.6 (81.7) |
31.0 (87.8) |
33.7 (92.7) |
26.6 (79.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.2 (66.6) |
18.9 (66.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
11.7 (53.1) |
7.8 (46.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
3.7 (38.7) |
4.6 (40.3) |
7.4 (45.3) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.1 (59.2) |
17.7 (63.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 9.2 (48.6) |
7.9 (46.2) |
5.4 (41.7) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
1.8 (35.2) |
4.2 (39.6) |
9.0 (48.2) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 60.9 (2.40) |
55.1 (2.17) |
44.5 (1.75) |
35.9 (1.41) |
39.3 (1.55) |
37.0 (1.46) |
36.0 (1.42) |
32.2 (1.27) |
32.4 (1.28) |
41.5 (1.63) |
43.3 (1.70) |
47.0 (1.85) |
504.9 (19.88) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 49.1 |
| Average afternoon relative humidity (%) | 35 | 38 | 37 | 40 | 49 | 54 | 55 | 44 | 41 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 41 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | 13.6 (56.5) |
14.4 (57.9) |
11.9 (53.4) |
9.4 (48.9) |
8.4 (47.1) |
7.1 (44.8) |
6.3 (43.3) |
4.8 (40.6) |
6.4 (43.5) |
7.1 (44.8) |
9.4 (48.9) |
11.4 (52.5) |
9.2 (48.5) |
| Source: Bureau of Meteorology (1907-2010 extremes)[9] | |||||||||||||
Heritage listings
[edit]Coonamble has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Dubbo–Coonamble railway: Coonamble railway station[10]
Notable people
[edit]- Ron Boden, rugby league player
- Alex Cullen, journalist
- Ned Hanigan, rugby player
- Lancelot Hansen, rugby league player
- Eddie Murray, rugby league player, notable Aboriginal death in custody[11]
- Mary Quirk, politician[12]
- Jesse Ramien, rugby league player
- Thomas Tyrrell, trade unionist and politician[13]
- Adriano Zumbo, pâtissier and chef
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Coonamble (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ Giacon, John (26 March 2011). "Etymology of Yuwaalaraay Gamilaraay Bird Names". Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ Kerri Genovese. "The Brigidine new arrival story". Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ "The Convent Hunter Valley: Our history". Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ "Statistics by Catalogue Number". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Search Census data". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Coonamble Rodeo and Campdraft - About the Rodeo". Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
- ^ "Coonamble Comparison Climate Statistics (1907-2010)". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Coonamble Comparison Climate Statistics (1907-2010)". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Coonamble Railway Station and Yard Group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01117. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
- ^ Peters-Little, Frances; Luckhurst, Simon (2012). "Edward James Murray". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 18. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ Blackley, Leanne L. (2002). "Mary Lilly May Quirk". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 16. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ Farrell, Frank (1990). "Thomas James (Jim) Tyrrell". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 12. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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