Gwabegar, New South Wales

Gwabegar, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Gwabegar
state = nsw


caption =
lga = Narrabri Shire Council
postcode = 2356
est =
pop =
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Barwon
fedgov = Gwydir
dist1 = 625
dir1 = NW
location1= Sydney
dist2 = 238
dir2 = N
location2= Dubbo
dist3 = 108
dir3 = SW
location3= Narrabri
dist4 = 75
dir4 = NE
location4= Coonamble

Gwabegar, New South Wales, Australia, is a town of 150 persons located in the middle of the largest naturally forming Cypress Pine Forest in the Southern Hemisphere, the Pilliga State Forest.

The timber industry was once the main-stay of the town but has been closed, leaving farming as a source of income.

Gwabegar is the historical terminus of the Gwabegar railway line, which is now truncated to Binnaway.


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