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COMPLETED PROJECTS

2026 

The Coonabarabran History Group is pleased to announce it has installed brass plaques to commemorate the following seven historical buildings:

  • Bank of NSW

  • Coonabarabran Post Office

  • Coonabarabran Shire Council Chambers

  • Crane’s building

  • Hotel Royal

  • Imperial Hotel

  • Neilson’s Store

Each plaque features a sketch drawing of the original building and a brief description based on detailed research conducted by the History Group.

The plaques have been installed in the footpath in front of each site. They have been set to ensure they do not constitute a trip hazard or impede pedestrian flows while visitors stop to read them.

2017 Published Footprints in the Sands of Time, by Joy Pickette. The stories of 

Aboriginal soldiers in the First World War and their families who had a connection to Coonabarabran.

 

2016 Unveiling of the Memorial Wall at Coonabarabran Old Cemetery

 

2016 Launched publication, ‘More than a Name on a Wall’.  …..

           (A Southern Phone Grant assisted with publication costs.)

 

Before 2000 Coonabarabran As It Was In The Beginning, 2nd edition, Joy Pickette and Mervyn Campbell

 

Etc.

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