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 by road northwest of the state capital, Sydney. It is at the c
Marshall Street, the main street of Cobar. Cobar retains much of its late 19th-century architecture.
Great Cobar Copper Mining Syndicate's Refinery, Lithgow
Miners Heritage Park, Cobar
Bourke is a town in the north-west of New South Wales, Australia. The administrative centre and largest town in Bourke Shire, Bourke is approximately 800 kilometres north-west of the state capital, Sy
Cobar
…Country Australia State New South Wales LGA Cobar Shire Location 711 km (442 mi) WNW of Sydney 457 km (284 mi) E of Broken Hill 160 km (99 mi) S of Bourke 260 km (160 mi) E of Wilcannia 133 km (83 mi) W of Nyngan Established 1870 Government • State electorate Barwon • Federal division Parkes Elevation 260…
Court house, former maritime court
A camel caravan in Bourke circa 1900
The old Towers Drug Company Building – built 1889–1890
Bourke Post Office – built 1880