Forbes, New South Wales

Forbes
New South Wales
Forbes; New South Wales
	Court house built in 1880
	Forbes
Coordinates	33°23′0″S 148°01′0″E / 33.38333°S 148.01667°E
Population	6,837 (2021 census)
Established	1861
Postcode(s)	2871
Elevation	245 m (804 ft)
Location	374 km (232 mi) W of Sydney ; 33 km (21 mi) SSW of Parkes ; 118 km (73 mi) W of Orange ; 104 km (65 mi) NE of West Wyalong ;
LGA(s)	Forbes Shire Council
County	Ashburnham
State electorate(s)	Orange
Federal division(s)	Riverina

Lands Office at Forbes built 1898; an all timber building in the Federation style

Forbes is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, located on the Newell Highway between Parkes and West Wyalong. At the 2021 census, Forbes had a population of 9,319.^[1] Forbes is probably named after Sir Francis Forbes, first Chief Justice of NSW.^[2]

Located on the banks of the Lachlan River, Forbes is 245 metres (804 ft) above sea-level and about 380 kilometres (240 mi) west of Sydney. The district is a cropping area where wheat and similar crops are grown. Nearby towns and villages include Calarie, Parkes, Bedgerebong, Bundabarrah, Corradgery, Daroobalgie, Eugowra, Ooma North and Paytens Bridge. Forbes is subject to a pattern of flooding, generally occurring to a significant level once every seven years, including 2016^[3] and 2022.

^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Forbes (NSW)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^ "Forbes". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2009. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Archived 16 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
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[ABS-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Forbes (NSW)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[2] "Forbes". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2009. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Archived 16 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine.

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