Quambone

Quambone New South Wales
Quambone
Coordinates	30°55′57″S 147°52′41″E
Population	247 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	2831
Location	591 km (367 mi) NW of Sydney 217 km (135 mi) NW of Dubbo 56 km (35 mi) W of Coonamble
LGA(s)	Coonamble Shire
State electorate(s)	Barwon
Federal division(s)	Parkes

Quambone is a locality in New South Wales, Australia. Quambone is in the Coonamble Shire local government area, 591 kilometres (367 mi) north west of the state capital, Sydney and 56 kilometres (35 mi) west of Coonamble. The locality is centred at the junction of roads to Warren, Coonamble and Carinda. At the 2011 census, Quambone and the surrounding area had a population of 247.^[1]

The name derives from a Ngiyampaa word, kuwaympuyan meaning 'having blood'.^[2]

It has a hotel/motel, general store and swimming pool,^[3] and a public school. It has regular Catholic and Anglican church services.

Doug Moppett, a long-term member of the Parliament of New South Wales, lived at Quambone.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Quambone (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
2. Donaldson 1984, p. 32.
3. Visit Coonamble Shire:Quambone

• Donaldson, Tamsin (1984). "What's in a name? An etymological view of land, language and social identification from central western New South Wales" (PDF). Aboriginal History. 8 (1): 21–44.