Coolah is a town in the central northern part of New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Australia

Australia

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 in Warrumbungle Shire. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...

, Coolah had a population of 798.

On the northeastern side of the area is the Liverpool Range

Liverpool Range

The Liverpool Range is a mountain range and a lava-field province in New South Wales, Australia.The Liverpool Range starts from the volcanic plateau known as the Barrington Tops and runs for about 100 km westwards, forming the northern boundary of the Hunter Valley district...

 with the Coolah Tops National Park

Coolah Tops National Park

Coolah Tops is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 258 km northwest of Sydney, established on 5 July 1996. It is managed by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. Its World Conservation Union category is II...

. Most of the region is agricultural with sheep and cattle raising and crops grown along the Talbragar River

Talbragar River

The Talbragar River is a river in New South Wales, Australia. It starts on the western side of the Liverpool Range near Cassilis and flows west to join the Macquarie River near Dubbo. The Talbragar does not start in a high rainfall area and is not much of a river at all really. It was first...

 and Coolaburragundy River

Coolaburragundy River

The Coolaburragundy River is a river in New South Wales, Australia.The river rises on the south-west slopes of the Liverpool Range, about 15 kilometres north-east of the town of Coolah, New South Wales. One of the head-streams of the river drains Pandoras Pass. Runoff from Coolah Tops National...

 valleys. Because there are no major regional towns in the area, and no major roads pass through it, the Coolah region is very quiet,safe and bucolic.

History

The Coolah area was first settled by pastoralists around 1840.

Coolah Post Office opened on 1 January 1849.

Coolah was served by a branch railway from March 1920 until May 1975.

Cadbury Schweppes

Cadbury Schweppes

Cadbury is a confectionery company owned by Kraft Foods and is the industry's second-largest globally after Mars, Incorporated. Headquartered in Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom, the company operates in more than 50 countries worldwide....

 introduced a citrus-flavored energy drink in the US in 2006 named Coolah Energy. The text on the packaging for this product refers to the Australian Cadbury Schweppes product Solo as its inspiration, along with the lifestyle of the inhabitants of the town of Coolah.

From the Coolah Energy can:

Coolah is a village in Australia where everyone's got a little more energy. They paint. Play rugby. Sing. Throw darts. Dance. And they drink Solo, the beverage with a lemon tang that was the inspiration for Coolah Energy. We added Australian Boronia, Taurine and B-Vitamins to make this one bonzer drink. So pop the top and give it a bash! Welcome to the land of Coolah.