Type: | town |
Combaning | |
State: | nsw |
Coordinates: | -34.4586°N 147.6822°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Lga: | Temora Shire |
Postcode: | 2666 |
Pop: | 100 |
Elevation: | 303 |
County: | Bland |
Fedgov: | Riverina |
Stategov: | Cootamundra |
Dist1: | 409 |
Location1: | Sydney |
Dist2: | 98 |
Location2: | Wagga Wagga |
Dist3: | 13 |
Location3: | Temora |
Dist4: | 3 |
Location4: | Springdale[1] |
Combaning is a rural community in the north east part of the Riverina. By road it is about 3 kilometres west of Springdale and 13 kilometres east of Temora. At the 2021 census, Combaning had a population of 100 people.
The place name Combaning is derived from the local Aboriginal (Yuin) word meaning 'to hold water'.
A railway station on the branch line to Lake Cargelligo served the community between 1893 and 1975.[2]