Cobar

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Cobar

Total population

3,369

WeatherAvg high 78.3°F

Coordinates-31.50°, 145.83°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Cobar is a town in Outback New South Wales, Australia, whose economy is based mainly upon base metals and gold mining. The town is 712 km (442 mi) by road northwest of the state capital, Sydney. It is at the crossroads of the Kidman Way and Barrier Highway. The town and the local government area, the Cobar Shire, are on the eastern edge of the Outback. At the 2021 census, the town of Cobar had a population of 3,369. The Shire has a population of approximately 4,700 and an area of 44,065 square kilometres (17,014 sq mi).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Robert William Rankin

Australian naval officer (1907–1942)

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Fred Moore

Australian trade unionist

Ernie Toshack

Australian cricketer (1914-2003)

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Nik Kosef

Australian rugby league footballer

Edward Ronald Walker

Australian economist (1907-1988)

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Justin Sampson

Australian rugby union footballer and coach

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Charles Lawes

cricketer (1899-1980)

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Frederick Maguire

Australian physician, gynaecologist and soldier

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Miriam Annie Bartle

notable resident of Lincoln, New Zealand

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in New South Wales

• Willandra
  124.4 mi away
• Tullamore
  128.2 mi away · pop. 218
• Gobondery
  131.1 mi away
• Lanes Bridge
  131.1 mi away
• Kadungle
  136.2 mi away
• Eribung
  138.2 mi away
• The Troffs
  139.1 mi away
• Mossgiel
  141.7 mi away · pop. 41
• Trundle
  147.4 mi away · pop. 335
• Langtree
  150.9 mi away
• Whealbah
  152.4 mi away
• Monomie
  154.6 mi away

Browse all places in New South Wales →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Cobar

Geology of New Occidental, New Cobar and Chesney Mines, Cobar, New South Wales

C. J. Sullivan · 1951

The geophysics of the Elura orebody, Cobar, New South Wales

Elura Symposium (1980 Sydney, N.S.W.) · 1980

A geotechnical analysis of rock structure and faric in the C.S.A. mine, Cobar, New South Wales

C. M. Barton · 1977

Cobar, founding fathers

William Clelland · 1984

Rock art of the Cobar Pediplain in central western New South Wales

F. D. McCarthy · 1976

The copper ores of the Cobar region, New South Wales

E. O. Rayner · 1969

Resource/reserve estimation practice in the Central West New South Wales mining industry

1999

Geology of the Cobar 1:100,000 sheet 8035

R. A. Glen · 1994

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Warrior Bush

Apophyllum anomalum

Seen 2026-08-02

Pygmy Daisy

Rhodanthe pygmaea

Seen 2026-08-02

Ward's Weed

Carrichtera annua

Seen 2026-08-02

Chinaberry

Melia azedarach

Seen 2026-07-27

Spiny Fan-flower

Scaevola spinescens

Seen 2026-07-27

weeooka

Eremophila oppositifolia

Seen 2026-07-27

Bermuda buttercup

Oxalis pes-caprae

Seen 2026-07-26

Common Emu-Bush

Eremophila glabra

Seen 2026-07-20

Welcome Swallow

Hirundo neoxena

Seen 2026-07-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Cobar, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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