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Dubbo is a city in the Central West Region
Central West, New South Wales

The Central West region refers to the area west of the Blue Mountains , New South Wales, Australia. It has a population of 172,790 people, and an area of 63,262 square kilometers ....
 of New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. It is the largest population centre in the Orana region with a population of 30,574 at the time of the 2006 census, and serves an estimated catchment of 130,000. It is located at the intersection of the Mitchell
Mitchell Highway

The Mitchell Highway is a major rural highway in central and northern New South Wales, Australia and South Central Queensland. The highway starts at Bathurst, New South Wales and links Orange, New South Wales, Molong, New South Wales, Wellington, New South Wales, Dubbo, New South Wales, Narromine, New South Wales, Nevertire, New South Wales,...
, Newell
Newell Highway

The Newell Highway is the longest highway in New South Wales, Australia. It runs parallel to the eastern coast about 400 kilometres inland, and is the main inland direct road link from Victoria to Queensland, bypassing the more congested coastal areas of New South Wales....
 and Golden
Golden Highway

The Golden Highway is a highway in New South Wales, Australia.Designated as State Highway 84, it runs eastwards from Dubbo, New South Wales towards Newcastle, New South Wales on the coast and enables road transport to avoid travelling over the Blue Mountains to Sydney....
 highways. Dubbo is located approximately above sea level, west-north-west of the state capital Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
 and is a major road and rail freight hub to other parts of New South Wales.






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Dubbo is a city in the Central West Region
Central West, New South Wales

The Central West region refers to the area west of the Blue Mountains , New South Wales, Australia. It has a population of 172,790 people, and an area of 63,262 square kilometers ....
 of New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. It is the largest population centre in the Orana region with a population of 30,574 at the time of the 2006 census, and serves an estimated catchment of 130,000. It is located at the intersection of the Mitchell
Mitchell Highway

The Mitchell Highway is a major rural highway in central and northern New South Wales, Australia and South Central Queensland. The highway starts at Bathurst, New South Wales and links Orange, New South Wales, Molong, New South Wales, Wellington, New South Wales, Dubbo, New South Wales, Narromine, New South Wales, Nevertire, New South Wales,...
, Newell
Newell Highway

The Newell Highway is the longest highway in New South Wales, Australia. It runs parallel to the eastern coast about 400 kilometres inland, and is the main inland direct road link from Victoria to Queensland, bypassing the more congested coastal areas of New South Wales....
 and Golden
Golden Highway

The Golden Highway is a highway in New South Wales, Australia.Designated as State Highway 84, it runs eastwards from Dubbo, New South Wales towards Newcastle, New South Wales on the coast and enables road transport to avoid travelling over the Blue Mountains to Sydney....
 highways. Dubbo is located approximately above sea level, west-north-west of the state capital Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
 and is a major road and rail freight hub to other parts of New South Wales. Dubbo is considered the cross-roads of New South Wales. From there you can drive north to Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
, south to Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
, east to Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
 and Newcastle
Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the state of New South Wales and includes most of the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas of Australia....
, and west to Broken Hill
Broken Hill, New South Wales

Broken Hill is an isolated mining city and Local Government Areas of Australia in the far west of outback New South Wales, Australia. The world's largest mining company, BHP Billiton, has roots in the town....
 and Adelaide
Adelaide

Adelaide is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million....
.

History

Evidence of habitation by Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands and their descendants. Indigenous Australians are distinguished as either Australian Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders, who currently together make up about 2.6% of Australia's population....
 dates back approximately 40,000 years.

John Oxley
John Oxley

This article is about the person. For the Australian pilot ship, see John Oxley .John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley was an List of explorers and surveyor of Australia in the early period of English colonisation....
 was the first European to report on the area now known as Dubbo in 1818. The first permanent settler in the area was Robert Dulhunty
Robert Dulhunty

Robert Venour Dulhunty , is chiefly remembered as being the first permanent white settler of Dubbo, New South Wales. The son of Dr John Dulhunty and Jane Dulhunty , he also was one of the New South Wales colony's wealthiest and most enterprising citizens of the late-Georgian and early-Victorian eras....
, described as one of the wealthiest citizens in the Australian colony at the time. There are records of squatters being given permission to set up large sheep and cattle stations in the area in 1824 but these were not maintained. Dulhunty occupied a property, known as Dubbo station, from the early 1830s on a squatting basis. With the passing of the Squatting Act in 1836 he took out a licence on the property.

Dulhunty showed an affinity with Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands and their descendants. Indigenous Australians are distinguished as either Australian Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders, who currently together make up about 2.6% of Australia's population....
, his party included some 40 Aborigines and he favoured using Aboriginal names for properties, including Dubbo. Dubbo is now thought to be a mispronunciation of the local Wiradjuri word "Thubbo" but because of a lack of precise records from Dulhunty at the time and an incomplete knowledge of the Wiradjuri language
Wiradjuri language

Wiradjuri is a Pama-Nyungan languages language of the Wiradhuric languages subgroup. It was the traditional language of the Wiradhuri people of Australia, but is no longer in general use....
 today there is some conjecture over the word's meaning. A popular current theory is the word means "red earth," consistent with the local landscape. It is also possible that Thubbo is Wiradjuri for "head covering" - a theory put forward to support this name is that the shape of Dulhunty's house may have looked like a hat to the local people.

Dundullimal Homestead
Dundullimal Homestead

Dundullimal Homestead is a colonial slab hut located about 10 kilometres out of Dubbo, New South Wales, New South Wales, on the Obley Road. It is also located only several kilometres further out of town past the famous Western Plains Zoo....
 is a farmhouse from that period, built around 1840 by John Maugham on his sheep station. The building is one of the oldest homesteads still standing in western NSW and today is open to visitors.

In 1846, due to the number of settlers in the area, the government decided to establish a courthouse, police station and lock-up in the Dubbo area. A constables residence was completed in 1847 and a wooden slab construction courthouse and lock-up in early 1848. By this time the settlement had only four buildings; the constables residence, courthouse and lock-up, a store and an inn. Due to the lack of title for the land, in 1848 the storekeeper, Jean Emile Serisier, organised a petition asking for a land sale of town allotments. The plan was presented to the colony's Surveyor General in May 1849 by surveyor G. Boyle White. The settlement was gazetted as a village in November 1849 with the first land sales taking place in 1850. Population growth was slow until the Victorian gold rush
Victorian gold rush

The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria , Australia approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s.During this era Victoria dominated the world's gold output....
 of the 1860s brought an increase in north-south trade. The first bank was opened in 1867. Steady population growth saw the town proclaimed a municipality in 1872, when its population was 850. The coming of the railway in 1881 resulted in another boom period and by 1897 Dubbo had a general store, Carrier Arms, a slab courthouse, a gaol and a police hut. Dubbo was officially proclaimed a city in 1966.

Economy

The city's largest employer is the Fletcher International Exports, which exports lamb to the world. Other local industries reflect the city's status as a regional base in an area whose economic backbone is agricultural.

A large employer is the Dubbo Base Hospital, and "health services" are the local area's largest employer , as the town provides medical services to the surrounding region.

Retail

Dubbo is also considered a major shopping centre for the surrounding rural areas in the Central and Far West of New South Wales. Dubbo has many shopping districts including, but not limited to, the large Orana Mall (East Dubbo), Macquarie and Talbragar Streets (City Centre), Centro Dubbo and Tamworth Street local stores (South Dubbo). The major stores of Target
Target (Australia)

Target Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian department store chain owned by Wesfarmers . It operates 268 stores with its head office located in North Geelong, Victoria....
, Myer
Myer

Myer is Australia's largest chain of department stores, retailing a broad range of merchandise including women's, men's and children's clothing, footwear and accessories; cosmetics and fragrance; homewares; electrical; furniture and bedding; toys; books and stationery; food and confectionery; and travel goods....
, Big W
Big W

Big W is the largest chain of discount department stores in Australia, with over 140 stores. It is a division of Woolworths Limited, the largest retailer in Australia....
 and Harvey Norman
Harvey Norman

Harvey Norman is a large Australian-based retailer of electrical, computer, furniture, entertainment and bedding goods. It is effectively a Franchising and the main brand owned by Harvey Norman Holdings Limited....
, supermarkets and smaller specialty shops.

Tourism

Tourism is also a significant local industry. Dubbo features the open-range Taronga Western Plains Zoo, which is home to various species of endangered animals, including the White
White Rhinoceros

The White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros is one of the five species of rhinoceros that still exist and is one of the few megafauna species left....
, Black
Black Rhinoceros

The Black Rhinoceros , also colloquially Black Rhino, is a species of rhinoceros, native to the eastern and central areas of Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe....
 and Indian Rhinoceros
Indian Rhinoceros

The Indian Rhinoceros or the Great One-horned Rhinoceros or the Asian One-horned Rhinoceros is a large mammal found in Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan and in Assam, India....
', and runs a successful breeding program for a number of endangered species. The zoo is home to numerous specimens from around the world in spacious open-range moat enclosures, grouped according to their continent of origin. Other town attractions include the historic Dundullimal Homestead
Dundullimal Homestead

Dundullimal Homestead is a colonial slab hut located about 10 kilometres out of Dubbo, New South Wales, New South Wales, on the Obley Road. It is also located only several kilometres further out of town past the famous Western Plains Zoo....
 and the historic Old Dubbo Gaol
Old Dubbo Gaol

Old Dubbo Gaol was an Australian prison located in the city of Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia. It was the second gaol in Dubbo, replacing lockups built in 1847 and 1862....
 in the middle of the commercial centre of Macquarie Street. The recently opened Western Plains Cultural Centre includes four gallery exhibition spaces, two Museum exhibition spaces and a Community Arts Centre.

Education

There are 20 schools and secondary colleges including the Dubbo school of distance education
Distance education

Distance education, or distance learning, is a field of education that focuses on the pedagogy and andragogy, technology, and instructional systems design that aim to deliver education to students who are not physically "on site"....
. Dubbo is home to one of the four main campuses of Charles Sturt University
Charles Sturt University

Charles Sturt University is an Australian multi-campus university in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. It has campuses at Bathurst, New South Wales, Albury, New South Wales, Dubbo, New South Wales, Orange, New South Wales and Wagga Wagga....
 which is located next the Dubbo College Senior Campus.

Geography


The Macquarie River
Macquarie River

The Macquarie River is one of the main inland rivers in New South Wales. It headwaters rise in the central highlands of New South Wales near the town of Oberon, New South Wales....
 runs through Dubbo, as does Troy Creek
Troy Creek, Dubbo

Troy Creek catchment is a small area of land to the north east of the city of Dubbo , central western New South Wales, Australia. The catchment is noted for it's significant record levels of past salinity....
. The City of Dubbo lies within a transition zone between the ranges and tablelands of the Great Dividing Range
Great Dividing Range

The Great Dividing Range, or the Eastern Highlands, is Australia's most substantial mountain range and the 4th longest in the world. The range stretches more than 3,500 km from Dauan_Island,_Queensland off the northeastern tip of Queensland, running the entire length of the eastern coastline through New South Wales, then into Victoria...
 to the east and the Darling Basin plains to the west.

Notable people

  • Jean Emile Serisier was Dubbo's first businessman and the leader. He held many important positions including Post Master, Justice to the Gaol and was Magistrate from 1862. He is also credited with works to advance the town including schools, Catholic Church, bridge (named after him) and Hospital.
  • Suzanne Grae, founder of the fashion label bearing her name, was born in Dubbo in 1968.
  • Andrew Ryan
    Andrew Ryan

    Andrew Ryan is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Bulldogs in the National Rugby League competition. He previously played for the Parramatta Eels....
     - Rugby League player
  • David Peachey
    David Peachey

    David Peachey is a former professional rugby league player in the National Rugby League . His position of choice was at Rugby league positions#Fullback....
     - Former NRL Rugby League player
  • Paul O'Malley - CEO of BlueScope Steel
  • Thirsty Merc
    Thirsty Merc

    Thirsty Merc is an Australian Motown band , originating in 2002 in Motown, New South Wales, Australia, and currently residing in Sydney. The band consists of Rai Thistlethwayte , Phil Stack , Karl Robertson , and Sean Carey ....
     - Australian Rock Band
  • Glenn McGrath
    Glenn McGrath

    Glenn Donald McGrath Order of Australia , nicknamed "Pigeon" is a former Australia national cricket team player. He is one of the most highly regarded fast-medium pace bowler in History of cricket, and a leading contributor to Australia's domination of world cricket since the mid-1990s to early 21st century....
     - Australian Test Cricketer
  • Robert Spears - Former professional cyclist and world champion sprint


Architecture

Dubbo has several fine examples of Victorian civic architecture including the (second) Courthouse (1887), the Lands Office with its use of timber and corrugated iron cladding, and the railway station (1881). Towards the centre of the city the older residential areas contain numerous examples of red brick houses built in the "California Bungalow" style of the early 20th century, together with Victorian terraced houses (Mostly in the Darling Street area) and a few Edwardian semi-detached homes.

Courthouse Lands Building California Bungalow Victorian Terraces Edwardian 'Semis'


Transport

Dubbo railway station lies on the Main Western railway line
Main Western railway line, New South Wales

The Main Western Railway is a major railway in New South Wales, Australia. It runs through the Blue Mountains , Central West, New South Wales, North West Slopes, New South Wales and the Far West, New South Wales regions....
 between Sydney and Bourke
Bourke, New South Wales

Bourke is a town and Local Government Areas in Australia in the north of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located approximately 800 kilometres north-west of Sydney, on the south bank of the Darling River....
 and opened in 1881. The station is the terminus of a daily CountryLink
CountryLink

CountryLink is the operator of passenger rail services in country New South Wales, Australia and from New South Wales into Queensland and Victoria, Australia....
 XPT train service which operates to and from Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
. Dubbo also has its own recently upgraded airport, Dubbo Airport
Dubbo Airport

File:Dubbo Airport departure lounge.jpgDubbo City Airport is an airport in Dubbo, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia....
, with daily flights to Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
 (Qantas, REX, Airlink), Broken Hill
Broken Hill, New South Wales

Broken Hill is an isolated mining city and Local Government Areas of Australia in the far west of outback New South Wales, Australia. The world's largest mining company, BHP Billiton, has roots in the town....
 (REX and Airlink), and other small out-back New South Wales towns (Airlink). Buses also service Dubbo, with major runs to Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
, Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
 and Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
.

Media

Local print media include:
  • The Daily Liberal
    Daily Liberal

    The Daily Liberal is a daily newspaper produced in the city of Dubbo, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia. The news stories published relate particularly to the city of Dubbo and the surrounding district....
  • The Weekly Dubbo Photo News
  • The Weekly Mailbox Shopper


Dubbo is home to the Rural Press
Rural Press

Rural Press Limited is an Australian media company which owns approximately 170 newspaper and magazine titles, The Canberra Times being the most prominent....
 Central West Regional Hub, which prints many of Rural Press’s local newspapers from across the state in the city. Regional Business magazine is also printed locally.

Radio is served well in the city boasting 3 commercially licensed radio stations:
  • Star FM
    Star FM (Australian radio network)

    Star FM is an Australian radio network, consisting of stations in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.The brand was created in 1999 by DMG Radio Australia....
     - Pop/Hit Music Station which broadcasts on FM 93.5
  • 2DU - Local heritage station which broadcasts on AM 1251.
  • Zoo FM - Rock Music Station which broadcasts on FM 92.7


Dubbo has 4 ABC Radio stations; ABC Local
ABC Local Radio

ABC Local Radio is a network of publicly owned radio stations in Australia, operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.ABC Local Radio broadcasts over most of the continent using terrestrial transmission, and covers it completely using satellites....
, ABC Radio National, Triple J
Triple J

Triple J is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian Radio in Australia , mainly aimed at youth . Music played on the station is generally more alternative music than commercial stations with a heavy emphasis on Music of Australia music and new music....
 and ABC Classic FM
ABC Classic FM

ABC Classic FM is an Australian European classical music radio station available in major centres around the country. It is operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ....
. The city also has narrowcast stations on 90.3 FM Racing Radio, a tourist radio station and a country music station. The city has a sole community station, Rhema FM
Rhema FM

Rhema FM is the name of a number of Christian radio radio station formerly affiliated with United Christian Broadcasters in Australia. Each is run and programmed locally, with predominantly local announcing....
 which broadcasts Christian music.

Dubbo has 5 Television Stations:
  • Prime TV
    Prime Television

    Prime Television is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia owned by Prime Television Limited. Prime Television launched on 17 March 1962 as CBN in Orange, New South Wales and Dubbo, New South Wales, and has since expanded to cover regional New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory as a Seven Network affi...
     – an affiliate of the Seven Network
    Seven Network

    The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
  • WIN TV
    WIN Television

    WIN Television is an Australian Australian television broadcasting owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia....
     – an affiliate of the Nine Network
    Nine Network

    The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
  • Southern Cross Ten
    Southern Cross Television

    Southern Cross Television, or Southern Cross, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia available in Tasmania, Darwin, Northern Territory, Regional South Australia, and Central Australia....
     – an affiliate of the Ten Network
  • ABC TV
    ABC Television

    ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcaster, the ABC provides two main channels within Australia as well a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas....
  • SBS TV
    SBS TV

    SBS TV, sometimes SBS, is a national public broadcasting Television broadcasting in Australia in Australia. Launched on 24 October 1980, it is the responsibility of Special Broadcasting Service's SBS Television, and is available nationally....


Sport and Recreation


Rugby League
Rugby league

Rugby league football is a competitive Full-contact sport team sport played with a spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field....
 is popular in Dubbo. Two teams compete in the Group 11 Rugby League
Group 11 Rugby League

Group 11 is a rugby league competition in the Central West area of New South Wales, run under the auspices of the New South Wales Country Rugby League....
 - the Dubbo CYMS Fish Eaters and Dubbo Macquarie.

The city also has an Australian Rules football
Australian rules football

Australian football, or simply known as football, footy, Aussie rules or as AFL, is a team sport played between two teams of 18 players with a football in the shape of a prolate spheroid....
 team, the Dubbo Demons who were premiers in the Central West Australian Football League
Central West Australian Football League

The Central West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football competition in the Central West region of New South Wales. The league was formed in 1982 and currently includes teams from Bathurst, New South Wales, Cowra, New South Wales, Dubbo, New South Wales, Mudgee, New South Wales, Orange, New South Wales and Young, New South...
 in 2007.

There are also two rugby union
Rugby union

Rugby union is a competitive outdoor contact sport, played with an oval ball, by two teams of 15 players. It is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league....
 teams, the Dubbo Kangaroos (Roos) and the Dubbo Rhinos, which compete in the Central West Rugby competition.

Dubbo has a turf club
Turf Club

Turf Club may refer to:* Turf Club , a club in London, UK* Turf Club, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa* Turf Club , a live music venue in Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S....
, which incorporates a Pony Club
Pony Club

.Pony Club is an international youth organization devoted to the educating youths about horses and horseback riding. Pony Club organizations exist in over 30 countries worldwide....
, horse racing
Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrianism sport that has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot racing of Ancient Rome are an early example, as is the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology....
 and organises shows and gymkhana
Gymkhana (equestrian)

Gymkhana is a term used in the United Kingdom, east coast of the United States, and other English-speaking nations to describe an equestrianism event consisting of timed games for riders on horses....
.

Ultimate Frisbee is a new sport to the town and is rapidly growing in popularity. The Dubbo Meerkats have been Champions of Western NSW for the years 2005-2007 and are hosting the inaugural National Country Ultimate Championships in 2008.

Dubbo has an excellent basketball association, the 'Dubbo Rams'. Who have been active participants in the western league competition for some years, and have had teams reach quite a level in competitive play, in both state and national league's.

Dubbo also has a large Junior and Senior Hockey Association with over 1500 registered members, playing on one of the best synthetic hockey fields in the central west.

Annual events


Dubbo Show

The annual agricultural "Show", held around April/May of each year, is a major event for Dubbo and surrounding areas.

Dubbo National Steer Show

This event is the annual domestic steer and heifer (cattle) hoof and hook show. Each year over 100 beef carcase cattle are judged live (hoof) as led or un-led and dead (hook). It is also the annual young judges, auctioneers and paraders competition. These events are very popular among the schools and colleges of the New South Wales area.

Dubbo City Eisteddfod

The Dubbo Eisteddfod is held annually at Dubbo Civic Centre, with students from Dubbo as well as surrounding regions including Wellington, Orange, Gulgong, Narromine and Bathurst competing in the various sections.This involves Speech, Drama, Instrumental & Dance. The Eisteddfod runs from May until July each year.

See also




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