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Coonabarabran, a town in northern New South Wales, Australia, has about 3000 inhabitants and was established in the 1850s. It is located on the Newell Highway and the Oxley Highway and can be reached in about six hours by car from Sydney. Coonabarabran is the gateway to the Warrumbungles National Park and has several motels, hotels and a video store.

Coonabarabran is the closest town to the Anglo-Australian Observatory, which houses the largest optical telescopes in Australia.

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Coonabarabran - definition of Coonabarabran in Encyclopedia (122 words)
	Coonabarabran, a town in northern New South Wales, Australia, has about 3000 inhabitants and was established in the 1850s.
	Coonabarabran is the gateway to the Warrumbungles National Park and has several motels, hotels and a video store.
	Coonabarabran is the closest town to the Anglo-Australian Observatory, which houses the largest optical telescopes in Australia.

Walkabout - Coonabarabran (1481 words)
	Coonabarabran is known as the 'Gateway to the Warrumbungles', a mountain range which arcs around the town to the west, north and east.
	A tourist orientation seemed to be in operation by 1904 when Coonabarabran became known as the 'Katoomba of the north west'.
	Hickey's Falls are located at the end of a short walking track which departs from a roadside stop, 42 km south-west of Coonabarabran on the Oxley Highway, en route to Gilgandra.

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