Quambone
New South Wales
Quambone is located in New South Wales
Quambone
Quambone
Coordinates30°55′57″S 147°52′41″E / 30.93250°S 147.87806°E / -30.93250; 147.87806
Population247 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2831
Location
LGA(s)Coonamble Shire
State electorate(s)Barwon
Federal division(s)Parkes

Quambone is a locality in New South Wales, Australia. Quambone is in the Coonamble Shire local government area, 591 kilometres (367 mi) north west of the state capital, Sydney and 56 kilometres (35 mi) west of Coonamble. The locality is centred at the junction of roads to Warren, Coonamble and Carinda. At the 2011 census, Quambone and the surrounding area had a population of 247.[1]

The name derives from a Ngiyampaa word, kuwaympuyan meaning 'having blood'.[2]

It has a hotel/motel, general store and swimming pool,[3] and a public school. It has regular Catholic and Anglican church services.

Doug Moppett, a long-term member of the Parliament of New South Wales, lived at Quambone.

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Quambone (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. Donaldson 1984, p. 32.
  3. Visit Coonamble Shire:Quambone



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