Cudal is a town in the Central West region 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. Cudal is in the Cabonne Shire Council Local Government area, 296 kilometres (183.9 mi) west of the state capital, Sydney

Sydney

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. At the 2006 census

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, Cudal had a population of 389. The place name,Cudal, could have derived from an Aboriginal word meaning 'flat'.

Facilities and businesses within Cudal include a post office, police station, preschool, public school, airport, showground, sporting field, swimming pool, motel, caravan park, hotel, newsagency, takeaway store, local GP, Country Women's Association

Country Women's Association

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and three churches.

External links

• About Cudal Cabonne Shire Council official website