Gulargambone

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Field	Value
type	town
name	Gulargambone
state	nsw
image	Gulargambone.JPG
caption	One of the many sculptured galahs and the post office, Gulargambone
coordinates
pushpin_label_position	right
lga	Coonamble Shire Council
county	Gowen
postcode	2828
pop	400
pop_year
pop_footnotes
stategov	Barwon
fedgov	Parkes
dist1	382
dir1	NW
location1	Sydney
dist2	102
dir2	N
location2	Dubbo
dist3	43
dir3	S
location3	Coonamble
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Its name is derived from the local Wiradjuri people's word for "Watering place of many birds" or Gillahgambone for "place of galahs". Gulargambone was first occupied by Europeans in the mid-19th century and gazetted as a village in 1883.

The town came to national attention in 2000, when the local government attempted to close down the post office, leading to the opening of the first community-owned post office in Australia, which has been followed by a number of other community-led initiatives. These include the improvement of the local hospital, creating a multi-purpose health centre, the opening of a new cinema and the transformation of the old cinema, Simmo's Bazaar, into 2828, the community centre, featuring a café and a gift shop. It has also adopted a town logo, the galah. This has led to Gulargambone becoming the model for self-sufficiency for other small towns in Australia.{{cite web |title = Gulargambone's Story |publisher = communitybuilders.nsw |url = http://www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au/rural_regional/programs/gular.html |accessdate = 10 November 2006 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060824084233/http://www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au/rural_regional/programs/gular.html |archivedate = 24 August 2006 Gulargambone has won several awards since its revival and most importantly was awarded the 2005 NSW Tidy Towns State winner.{{cite web | title=Keep Australia Beautiful | publisher = Keep Australia Beautiful Pty Limited | url = http://www.kabnsw.org.au | accessdate = 10 November 2006}}

Population

According to the 2016 census of population, 400 people were in Gulargambone.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 45.0% of the population.
About 79.8% of people were born in Australia and 80.8% of people spoke only English at home.
The most common responses for religion were Anglican 27.8% and no religion 26.8%.

Transport

Driving by car from Sydney to Gulargambone is 490 km and takes about seven hours. Driving by car from Dubbo to Gulargambone is 114 km and takes roughly 1.25 hr.

NSW TrainLink operates coaches between Dubbo and Lightning Ridge, which stop at Coonamble Street, Gulargambone. The coach to Lightning Ridge stops daily at 15:45. The coach to Dubbo stops at 09:00 from Tuesday to Thursday, and 12:00 from Friday to Monday.

Sport

Gulargambone has a rugby union club playing in the Western Plains Rugby Union competition called the Gulargambone Galahs. The town formerly had a rugby league club of the same name, who played in the Castlereagh League and made the 2004 Grand Final.

Gallery

File:Gulargambone Spar Supermarket.JPG|Gulargambone Spar Supermarket File:Gulargambone War Memorial 006.JPG|Gulargambone War Memorial File:Gulargambone Post Office 001.JPG|Gulargambone Post Office File:Gulargambone Bank of New South Wales Building 001.JPG|Gulargambone Bank of New South Wales Building File:Gulargambone Castlereagh River Bridge.JPG|Gulargambone Castlereagh River Bridge

Notable residents

Peter Andren – independent parliamentarian
Alexander Henry Buckley – First World War Victoria Cross recipient
Harry Chandler – farmer at Gulargambone, pilot navigator with the RAAF stationed first in the Middle East, then Malta and finally in England and 1944 recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross in WWII. Chandler was a crew member in a Lancaster on many tours out of England flown by RAAF pilot Frank Morris from the neighbouring town of Gilgandra, who was also a 1944 recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross.'Gilgandra Weekly', 15 June 1944, "Another Decoration", p.1
Neil Lambell – grazier raised on "Weenya", Gulargambone, 1944 recipient of Distinguished Flying Cross in WWII
Sam Irwin – current utility back for the rugby union club Uni-Norths Owls in the John I Dent Cup
Alan Ridley – Australian Rugby League test player

References

{{Census 2016 AUS. 50px]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License].
"Gulargambone".
"Google Maps".
"NSW TrainLink – Dubbo to Lightning Ridge – Bus Timetable".
Australian War Memorial, Distinguished Flying Cross : Pilot Officer N A Lambell, 576 Squadron RAF, www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1126354 accessed 18 November 2017.

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