Combaning, New South Wales

Town in New South Wales, Australia
Town in New South Wales, Australia
Combaning
Silos at Combaning
Silos at Combaning
Combaning is located in New South Wales
Combaning
Combaning
Coordinates: 34°27′31″S 147°40′56″E / 34.45861°S 147.68222°E / -34.45861; 147.68222
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
LGA
Location
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Elevation
303 m (994 ft)
Population
 • Total100 (2021 census)[3]
Postcode
2666
CountyBland

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.[3]

The place name Combaning is derived from the local Aboriginal (Yuin) word meaning 'to hold water'.[4]

Combaning railway station

A railway station on the branch line to Lake Cargelligo served the community between 1893 and 1975.[5]

Preceding station Former services Following station
Temora Lake Cargelligo Line Springdale
towards Cootamundra

Notes and references

  1. ^ Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Combaning (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  3. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Combaning". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Combaning". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
  5. ^ Combaning station. NSWrail.net, retrieved 6 September 2009.
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