Goolma, New South Wales

Goolma is a tiny village community in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Dubbo road, which links the towns of Mudgee and Wellington.Inside the village, there are a few tennis courts, a roadhouse, a used car dealership, Anglican and Roman Catholic churches and the Goolma Hotel. Most of the surrounding area of Goolma is agricultural, with farmers producing cereals, wool, cattle and lambsFact|date=July 2007.

The small Goolma Public School which was founded in 1875 is very competitive in the regional sports carnivals.

Goolma had a rugby union team up until the 1990s called the "Polar Bears", but with most of the village either moving or agingFact|date=July 2007, the team eventually atrophied and is no longer competing.

Nine Network presenter, Tim Sheridan was raised outside GoolmaFact|date=July 2007, with his older brothers playing for the Polar Bears.

Also, Gold Coast Titans forward, Daniel Conn was raised near Goolma. After receiving a sports scholarship to The Kings School, Parramatta, Conn was contracted by the Canterbury Bulldogs until he was offered a new contract with the Titans.

References

[http://www.goolma-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Goolma Public School web site]