Editing Cobar (section)

== Heritage listings ==
Cobar has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* Nyngan–Cobar railway: [[Cobar railway station]]<ref name=nswshr-1114>{{cite NSW SHR|5011972|Cobar Railway Station and yard|hr=01114|fn=EF14/4565|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* 47 Linsley Street: [[Cobar Post Office]]<ref>{{cite AHD|106178|Cobar Post Office|fn=1/03/226/0024|access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref>
*Nyngan Road (Barrier Highway): Cobar Visitor's Centre / Great Cobar Heritage Centre (also known as Cobar Pastoral & Mining Museum; Mining Administration Offices, Great Cobar Mines)<ref>{{Cite NSW HD|1350020|Great Cobar Heritage Centre & Cobar Miners Heritage Park |access-date=2 May 2019}}</ref>
*Nyngan Road (Barrier Highway): Mines Office (former)<ref>{{Cite AHD|534|Mines Office (former), Nyngan Rd, Cobar, NSW, Australia |access-date=2 May 2019}}</ref>

=== New Occidental Hotel fire ===
The New Occidental Hotel was a pub located on the edge of town and was built in 1879;<ref name="cobar-abc1">{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Cameron |title=Old miners' pub destroyed by fire in country NSW |url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/bushtelegraph/iconic-pub-burns-down/5694344 |website=ABC Radio National |date=26 August 2014 |publisher=ABC |access-date=7 August 2019}}</ref> it was known as the Star Hotel at that time. It became a significant local spot for miners as well as a common meeting place for groups and clubs in the area. In August 2014 a fire engulfed the building and resulted in the death of a firefighter who died of his injuries at Dubbo Base Hospital.<ref name="northernstar-cobar1">{{cite news |title=Firefighter killed while fighting pub blaze in Cobar |url=https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/Firefighter-killed-while-fighting-pub-blaze-in-Cob/2354220/ |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=17 August 2014 |publisher=News Corp Australia |access-date=7 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="cobar-abc1" />