Editing Cobar (section)

{{This|the town|the local government area|Cobar Shire}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Other uses||Khobar}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox Australian place 
| type      = town
| name      = Cobar
| state     = nsw
| image     = Cobar Main Street 001.JPG
| caption   = Marshall Street, the main street of Cobar. Cobar retains much of its late 19th-century architecture.
| lga       = Cobar Shire
| coordinates = {{coord|31|29|59|S|145|49|55|E|display=inline,title}}
| postcode  = 2835
| est       = 1870
| pop       = 3,369
| pop_year  = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="census21">{{Census 2021 AUS|id=UCL115039|name=Cobar (Urban Centre) |accessdate=1 May 2025 |quick=on}}</ref> 
| elevation = 260
| maxtemp   = 26.0
| mintemp   = 11.8
| rainfall  = 350.4
| county    = [[Robinson County|Robinson]]
| stategov  = [[Electoral district of Barwon|Barwon]]
| fedgov    = [[Division of Parkes|Parkes]]
| dist1     = 711
| dir1      = WNW
| location1 = [[Sydney]]
| dist2     = 457
| dir2      = E
| location2 = [[Broken Hill]]
| dist3     = 160
| dir3      = S
| location3 = [[Bourke, New South Wales|Bourke]]
| dist4     = 260
| dir4      = E
| location4 = [[Wilcannia]]
| dist5     = 133
| dir5      = W
| location5 = [[Nyngan]]
}}

'''Cobar''' is a town in [[Outback]] [[New South Wales]], Australia, whose economy is based mainly upon base metals and gold mining. The town is {{convert|712|km|mi|abbr=on}} by road northwest of the state capital, [[Sydney]].  It is at the crossroads of the [[Kidman Way]] and [[Barrier Highway]]. The town and the [[Local government in Australia|local government area]], the [[Cobar Shire]], are on the eastern edge of the [[Outback]].  At the [[2021 Australian census|2021 census]], the town of Cobar had a population of 3,369.<ref name="census21"/> The Shire has a population of approximately 4,700 and an area of {{convert|44065|km2|sqmi}}.<ref>http://www.cobar.nsw.gov.au/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128061308/http://www.cobar.nsw.gov.au/ |date=28 January 2010 }} Retrieved 7 January 2010</ref>

Many sights of cultural interest can be found in and around Cobar. The town retains much of its colonial 19th-century architecture. The Towsers Huts, 3&nbsp;km south of town but currently inaccessible to the public, are ruins of very simple colonial dwellings from around 1870. The ancient Aboriginal rock paintings at [[Mount Grenfell]] are some of the largest and most important in Australia. The [[Cobar Sound Chapel]] opened in April 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sunset serenade for Cobar Sound Chapel's official opening Cobar Sound – The Cobar Weekly |url=https://cobarweekly.com.au/sunset-serenade-for-cobar-sound-chapels-official-opening-cobar-sound/ |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=cobarweekly.com.au}}</ref>