Cowabbie | |
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 Cowabbie Presbyterian Church | |
  Cowabbie | |
| Coordinates:34°36′0″S147°0′36″E / 34.60000°S 147.01000°E /-34.60000; 147.01000 | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| LGA | |
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| Population | |
| • Total | 16 (SAL2021)[2] |
| Postcode | 2663 |
| County | Bourke |
Cowabbie is a rural community in the central part of theRiverina region ofNew South Wales, Australia. It is situated by road about 29 kilometres (18 mi) south ofArdlethan and 32 kilometres (20 mi) north ofMatong along theWagga Wagga road.
The place nameCowabbie is derived from expression used by the localAboriginals for cows when they were first seen in the area by these early inhabitants,[3] and Cowabbie Station is one of the functioning properties in the area.
Cowabbie has a richPresbyterian history. The original church – dilapidated but memorialised by the small community surrounding it, was first built by the local Hannah family in 1865 and then transported to its current location by bullock-team in 1926.
