Cabonne Shire Council

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Cabonne
state = nsw


caption = Location in New South Wales
pop = 11,864Census 2001 AUS|id=LGA11400|name=Cabonne (A) (Local Government Area)|accessdate=2007-06-30|quick=on]
area =
est =
seat = Molong (99 - 101 Bank Street)cite web
title=Cabonne Shire Council
publisher = Department of Local Government
url = http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_CouncilContactDetails.asp?slacode=1400
accessdate = 2006-11-28 ]
mayor = John Farr
region = Central West

url = http://www.cabonne.nsw.gov.au
stategov = Orange, Dubbo
fedgov = Calare
near-nw = Parkes
near-n = Dubbo
near-ne = Wellington
near-w = Forbes
near-e = Orange
near-sw = Weddin
near-s = Cowra
near-se = Blayney The Cabonne Shire is a Local Government Area in the Central West of New South Wales. It is on the Mitchell Highway and the Broken Hill railway line.

The largest town and council seat is Molong. It also includes the towns of Canowindra, Cargo, Cudal, Cumnock, Eugowra, Manildra and Yeoval.

The area includes the site of Australia's first gold rush, Ophir. It is also known for agriculture (including grape growing and wine-production), tourism, (including ballooning) and mining.

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