Coolah Shire was a local government area in

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

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from 1906 to 1994. It was established under the ''

Local Government (Shires) Act 1905 Local Government (Shires) Act 1905 was a landmark New South Wales statute notable for the compulsory incorporation of local government areas A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is ...

'' with effect from 7 March 1906. The shire offices were based in the small town of Coolah. The shire also included the towns of

Dunedoo Dunedoo ( ) is a village of 1,021 inhabitants situated within the Warrumbungle Shire of central western New South Wales, Australia. Dunedoo is well known to Australian travellers due to its distinctive name (''Dunny'' is a colloquial Australian ...

Mendooran Mendooran (pronunciation: ''men-door-an'') is a small town adjacent to the Castlereagh River in the Warrumbungle Shire of central western New South Wales, Australia. The town lies at an altitude of 271 metres above sea level, 348 kilometres west ...

and

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, as well as the smaller settlements of Cobbora, Merrygoen, Neilrex and Uarbry. It absorbed part of the abolished Gulgong Shire on 1 January 1957. It amalgamated with the adjoining

Coonabarabran Shire The Coonabarabran Shire was a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Orana (New South Wales), Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire was proclaimed on 7 March 1906 with the enactment of the ''Local Government ...

to form

Warrumbungle Shire The Warrumbungle Shire is a local government area in the central western region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is traversed by the Newell Highway. The Warrumbungle mountain range and Warrumbungles National Park are major tourist at ...

on 25 August 2004.

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{{Coord missing, New South Wales Former local government areas of New South Wales