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Coonamble has its own local radio station, 2MTM 91.9FM, which has a wide variety of music from country to modern.
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1710:. Vol. 16. Canberra: National Centre of Biography,
1652:. Vol. 18. Canberra: National Centre of Biography,
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1355:References
1313:Mary Quirk
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1627:CC-BY 4.0
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194:Coonamble
168:Gilgandra
141:Elevation
91:30°57′0″S
68:Coonamble
25:Coonamble
1796:70677943
1738:70677943
1680:70677943
1610:. H01117
1338:See also
1249:Source:
1179:°C (°F)
1175:Average
1075:(19.88)
1006:Average
791:(118.0)
786:(115.0)
781:(115.0)
776:(106.0)
746:(102.9)
741:(111.9)
736:(114.1)
731:(118.0)
604:church.
602:Anglican
598:Catholic
556:Source:
334:Pokolbin
274:11.6 °C
269:26.6 °C
180:Narrabri
149:Location
1630:licence
1462:2 April
1441:2 April
1419:26 July
1244:(48.5)
1239:(52.5)
1234:(48.9)
1229:(44.8)
1224:(43.5)
1219:(40.6)
1214:(43.3)
1209:(44.8)
1204:(47.1)
1199:(48.9)
1194:(53.4)
1189:(57.9)
1184:(56.5)
1070:(1.85)
1065:(1.70)
1060:(1.63)
1055:(1.28)
1050:(1.27)
1045:(1.42)
1040:(1.46)
1035:(1.55)
1030:(1.41)
1025:(1.75)
1020:(2.17)
1015:(2.40)
1001:(24.1)
996:(48.2)
991:(39.6)
986:(35.2)
981:(31.3)
976:(25.3)
971:(24.1)
966:(25.0)
961:(27.9)
956:(32.9)
951:(41.7)
946:(46.2)
941:(48.6)
931:(52.9)
926:(63.9)
921:(59.2)
916:(52.7)
911:(45.3)
906:(40.3)
901:(38.7)
896:(41.0)
891:(46.0)
886:(53.1)
881:(61.5)
876:(66.0)
871:(66.6)
861:(79.8)
856:(92.7)
851:(87.8)
846:(81.7)
841:(74.1)
836:(66.7)
831:(62.8)
826:(64.4)
821:(71.2)
816:(80.1)
811:(88.5)
806:(93.0)
801:(94.8)
771:(99.1)
766:(91.9)
761:(80.1)
756:(82.0)
751:(91.0)
654:Climate
600:and an
281:19.9 in
1794:
1786:
1776:
1736:
1728:
1718:
1678:
1670:
1660:
1614:18 May
1582:6 July
1557:6 July
682:Month
668:Köppen
630:Sports
419:+11.2%
408:+13.4%
386:+22.9%
242:Parkes
230:Barwon
213:County
201:Region
189:LGA(s)
156:Sydney
1122:49.1
1073:504.9
721:Year
608:Rodeo
560:data.
551:−2.3%
548:2,353
540:−1.5%
537:2,409
529:−4.0%
526:2,446
518:−4.1%
515:2,549
507:−3.4%
504:2,659
496:−4.6%
493:2,754
485:−5.6%
482:2,886
474:−1.0%
471:3,058
463:+1.2%
460:3,090
452:−3.5%
449:3,054
441:−7.2%
438:3,166
430:+5.4%
427:3,410
416:3,235
405:2,910
397:−5.5%
394:2,567
383:2,717
372:2,211
276:53 °F
271:80 °F
206:Orana
162:Dubbo
1803:2017
1792:OCLC
1784:ISSN
1774:ISBN
1745:2017
1734:OCLC
1726:ISSN
1716:ISBN
1687:2017
1676:OCLC
1668:ISSN
1658:ISBN
1616:2018
1584:2024
1559:2024
1534:2009
1508:2024
1486:2024
1464:2017
1443:2017
1421:2013
1389:2017
1237:11.4
1192:11.9
1187:14.4
1182:13.6
1131:(%)
1119:4.3
1116:4.2
1113:4.4
1110:3.9
1107:4.2
1104:4.2
1101:4.5
1098:3.7
1095:3.1
1092:3.7
1089:4.4
1086:4.5
1068:47.0
1063:43.3
1058:41.5
1053:32.4
1048:32.2
1043:36.0
1038:37.0
1033:39.3
1028:35.9
1023:44.5
1018:55.1
1013:60.9
999:−4.4
979:−0.4
974:−3.7
969:−4.4
964:−3.9
959:−2.3
929:11.6
924:17.7
919:15.1
914:11.5
884:11.7
879:16.4
874:18.9
869:19.2
859:26.6
854:33.7
849:31.0
844:27.6
839:23.4
834:19.3
829:17.1
824:18.0
819:21.8
814:26.7
809:31.4
804:33.9
799:34.9
789:47.8
784:46.1
779:46.1
774:41.1
769:37.3
764:33.3
759:26.7
754:27.8
749:32.8
744:39.4
739:44.4
734:45.6
729:47.8
718:Dec
715:Nov
712:Oct
709:Sep
706:Aug
703:Jul
700:Jun
697:May
694:Apr
691:Mar
688:Feb
685:Jan
634:The
545:2021
534:2016
523:2011
512:2006
501:2001
490:1996
479:1991
468:1986
457:1981
446:1976
435:1971
424:1966
413:1961
402:1954
391:1947
380:1933
369:1921
358:Pop.
354:Year
324:-bil
320:guna
136:2829
1242:9.2
1232:9.4
1227:7.1
1222:6.4
1217:4.8
1212:6.3
1207:7.1
1202:8.4
1197:9.4
1170:41
1167:33
1164:34
1161:34
1158:41
1155:44
1152:55
1149:54
1146:49
1143:40
1140:37
1137:38
1134:35
994:9.0
989:4.2
984:1.8
954:0.5
949:5.4
944:7.9
939:9.2
909:7.4
904:4.6
899:3.7
894:5.0
889:7.8
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