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Astronomy 1 30 kilometers west of Narrabri is the Paul Wild Observatory at Culgoora. Also called the Australia Telescope Compact Array. Site visits to this radio telescope facility are available 7 days a week. Find out about the SEARFE project and how you can get involved. |
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Astronomy 2 100 kilometers south of Narrabri is the Siding Springs optical telescope facility. To see some spectacular images of our solar system, follow this link, choose a planet, and find out more. To see some images of of our more distant neighbours follow this link. |
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Petroleum Exploration 40 kilometres west of Narrabri Eastern Star Gas is developing the Coonarah gas field near Yarrie Lake. Find out what this means for your community, 30 kilometres south of Narrabri, First Sourcenergy Group is exploring for coal seam methane. Find out more about petroleum and coal seam methane in NSW and in the Gunnedah Basin (if you live in Narrabri, you are standing in it). |
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Plant Research Agriculture plays a big part in our local economy. Find out what happens at the Australian Cotton Research Institute on the Wee Waa Road. What's happening in cotton bug research in Narrabri? Clean, green cotton - what research directions are being pursued to make this a reality?
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Coal Mining The Narrabri Shire sits above the large coal resources of the Gunnedah Basin. The nearest operating coal mine is at Gunnedah. Others are planed in the local area. Look at map of the coal fields in NSW. Find out more about the Gunnedah coal field. Find out general information and statistics on coal mining in NSW. Go on a virtual tour of the Bengalla open cut coal mine near Muswellbrook in the Upper Hunter Valley (requires Quicktime 4 and Acrobat Reader) |
