Cookamidgera, New South Wales — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live local weather conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Cookamidgera, in the Forbes Shire Council local government area.
| Locality | Cookamidgera |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Forbes Shire Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -33.23736 |
| Longitude | 148.31667 |
| Population | 155 |
| Density | 0.9 /km² |
| Area | 178.2 km² |
| Elevation | 349 m |
| Postcode | 2870 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 277 km west-northwest |
Cookamidgera is a locality in the Forbes Shire Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 155. The locality covers an area of 178.2 km², giving a population density of about 0.9 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 349 m above sea level. It lies approximately 277 km west-northwest of Sydney. Cookamidgera is located at 33.2374°S, 148.3167°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2870. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Cookamidgera rests under a sky that often stretches, a vast, unbroken canvas of pale blue that can, by late afternoon, deepen to hues of bruised plum and burnished gold. It lies 71.3 km west of Orange, NSW (from Orange, NSW: bearing 271°T), and is situated 14.9 km south-south-east of Parkes. The land here, a gentle expanse of rolling plains, is softened by the pale green whisper of saltbush and the stoic, grey-green foliage of scattered box gums. The air itself feels different, carrying a dry, clean scent of sun-baked earth and a faint, sweet perfume from the hardy wildflowers that cling to the roadside verges. It’s a place where the horizon feels both immense and intimately close, the subtle contours of the terrain dictating the quiet flow of the days.
The story of Cookamidgera is written in the soil and the sturdy, practical buildings that speak of generations of hard work. This is country shaped by the pastoral legacy, where sheep and cattle have long been the backbone of the local economy, their wool and meat travelling far from these quiet paddocks. While agriculture still holds sway, the echoes of a more distant past, perhaps a brief flurry of prospecting in forgotten gullies, can sometimes be felt on the wind. The community itself, small and self-contained, possesses a resilience born of distance and self-reliance, a quiet understanding that binds its inhabitants together, their lives moving to the steady, unhurried cadence of the seasons.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Cookamidgera, New South Wales with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Cookamidgera, in the Forbes Shire Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Cookamidgera includes the postcode (2870), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Forbes Shire Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Outer Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Cookamidgera is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |