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Cobar -
The Cobar Shire is a truly remarkable
part of the world in the accessible NSW outback. Cobar is a
bustling and prosperous town with a mixture of old and
modern buildings, which chronicle Cobar's past 130 years.
Cobar's economy has historically been based on mining and
grazing sheep for wool.
Cobar Shire is situated in the centre of New South Wales at
the crossroads of the Barrier Highway and the Kidman Way and
has excellent road, rail and air links to most of
Australia’s capital cities. With an area of 44,065 square
kilometres, the Shire is almost the same size as the whole
of Tasmania. It is home to over 7,000 people, the majority
of whom-5,400-live in the town of Cobar – The jewel of
Outback NSW.
The Shire’s prosperity is built around the thriving
mining-copper, lead, zinc, gold-and pastoral industries,
which are strongly supported by a wide range of attractions
and activities, making it a major tourist destination. The
Great Cobar Heritage Centre, with its museum and information
facilities, provides visitors with an insight to the history
of this interesting region where mining first commenced in
the 1870s.
Over the years the fluctuating fortunes of the mines have
had a similar variable impact on the population of the town,
which today is half the number of those who lived here in
the early 1900s.
Your Outback Arts
representative - Pete Rogers (Cobar Shire Council)
ORGANISATIONS
Cobar Arts Council
INFO:
Angela Webb (President)
Mob
0408 905 521
E
angelais@bigpond.net.au
The Cobar Arts Council is a not-for-profit volunteer group
whose aim is to bring the community together to experience
artistic talent and cultures to all people in the Cobar
Shire. They actively seek, facilitate and raise funds to
provide Cobar with visiting artists, theatrical performances
and workshop opportunities. The local businesses and the
mining companies support to the Cobar Arts Council in their
activities within the community helps to provide excellent
cultural diversity to the very young, physically or mentally
challenged and the senior citizens. Networking with the
community groups and schools to develop a Cobar Community
Cultural Centre is on-going.
Cobar Show Committee
Cobar Public Library
39 Marshall
St, Cobar NSW 2835
INFO:
Library Manager
Ph 02 6836
2744 Fax 02 6836 1472
E
library@cobar.nsw.gov.au
Cobar Shire Council
36 Linsley
St, Cobar NSW 2835
PO Box 223,
Cobar NSW 2835
Ph 02 6836
5888
W
http://www.cobar.nsw.gov.au/
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