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| Coonabarabran is a town in Warrumbungle Shire in northwestern New South Wales, Australia. At the 2001 census, the town had a population of 2,736.
Lewis Gordon first proposed a town plan survey for Coonabarabran in 1859 although the area had been opened up by a Government sponsored expedition in 1817. John Oxley found Aboriginal people living here the following year 1818 – later indentified 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.
The township is located 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. There are numerous motels, hotels, and caravan parks for travelers and a good meal can be found at one of the Chinese restaurants in the main street, or the local bowls or golf club.
Coonabarabran is the gateway to the Warrumbungle National Park and the Pilliga Forest. A central feature of the town is the Town Clock which is situated in the middle of town at the intersection of John Street and Dalgarno Street.
Coonabarabran is the closest town to the the 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope, the largest optical telescope in Australia situated on Siding Spring Mountain. A number of other telescopes are in use on the mountain with a number of them operated by the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University. There are a total of 12 telescopes currently on Siding Spring, with a 13th currently being built. This is the Skymapper Survey Telesope of the ANU. Siding Spring is also home to the Uppsala Telescope where Dr Rob McNaught discovered his now famous daylight comet C2006 P1 McNaught in August 2006. A recent addition to the town was the construction of the World's Largest Virtual Solar System Drive on the roads leading to the observatory.
There are aged care facilities in the town, providing hostel, lodge and nursing home facilities. There is also village self care units.
There are a number of Doctors, a Dentist and a hospital.
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