Type: | town |
Quambone | |
State: | nsw |
Lga: | Coonamble Shire |
Postcode: | 2831 |
Pop: | 247 |
Coordinates: | -30.9325°N 147.8781°W |
Stategov: | Barwon |
Fedgov: | Parkes |
Dist1: | 591 |
Dir1: | NW |
Location1: | Sydney |
Dist2: | 217 |
Dir2: | NW |
Location2: | Dubbo |
Dist3: | 56 |
Dir3: | W |
Location3: | Coonamble |
Quambone is a locality in New South Wales, Australia. Quambone is in the Coonamble Shire local government area, 591km (367miles) north west of the state capital, Sydney and 56km (35miles) west of Coonamble. The locality is centred at the junction of roads to Warren, Coonamble and Carinda. At the, Quambone and the surrounding area had a population of 247.
The name derives from a Ngiyampaa word, kuwaympuyan meaning 'having blood'.
It has a hotel/motel, general store and swimming pool,[1] 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.