Back فوربس (فوربيس) ARZ Forbes (lungsod) CEB Forbes, New South Wales English فوربز، نیو ساوت ولز Persian Forbes (Australie) French Forbes (Australia) Italian Forbes (New South Wales) Dutch Forbes (Australia) Polish Forbes, New South Wales Swedish Forbes, New South Wales Vietnamese
| Forbes New South Wales | |||||||||
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 Court house built in 1880 | |||||||||
  Forbes | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°23′0″S 148°01′0″E / 33.38333°S 148.01667°E | ||||||||
| Population | 7,560 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||
| Established | 1861 | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2871 | ||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Forbes Shire Council | ||||||||
| County | Ashburnham | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Orange | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Calare | ||||||||
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Forbes is a town in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Newell Highway between Parkes and West Wyalong. There were about 7,000 living in the town in 2001.
Forbes is on the banks of the Lachlan River. It is 245m above sea-level. It is about 380km west of Sydney. The farms in the area mainly grow wheat. Nearby towns and villages include: Parkes, Bedgerebong, Bundbarrah, Corradgery, Daroobalgie, Eugowra, Ooma North and Paytens Bridge. It is home to the Ben Hall, a notorius Australian bushranger.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Forbes (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
