Coolah, New South Wales

Coolah
New South Wales
Main street
Coolah is located in New South Wales
Coolah
Coolah
Coordinates31°50′0″S 149°43′0″E / 31.83333°S 149.71667°E / -31.83333; 149.71667
Population1,290 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2843
Location
  • 370 km (230 mi) NW of Sydney
  • 136 km (85 mi) NE of Dubbo
  • 80 km (50 mi) NW of Merriwa
LGA(s)Warrumbungle Shire
State electorate(s)Barwon
Federal division(s)Parkes

Coolah is a town in the central western part of New South Wales, Australia in Warrumbungle Shire. At the 2016 census, Coolah had a population of 1,290.[1] The name Coolah is derived from the Port Jackson Pidgin English word meaning "angry".[2]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Coolah (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 November 2018. Edit this at Wikidata Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Archived 16 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ "NSW Place Names". State Library of NSW. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2019.