Coleambally

Coleambally ( /kɒliːˈæmbəli/) is a small town in the Riverina of New South Wales, Australia, in Murrumbidgee Shire.

Coleambally is one of the newest towns in the state of New South Wales, officially opened in June 1968, with the Post Office opening on 1 April 1970.

Designed to act as the centre for the surrounding Coleambally Irrigation Area, at the 2006 census, Coleambally had a population of 658 people.

Its name is Aboriginal, probably meaning a swift in flight. The spine-tailed swift is one of the most powerful fliers known, wheeling and sweeping at high speed in search of flying insects.

Coleambally can be accessed by road from Sydney and Canberra via the Hume Highway and Burley Griffin Way and from Melbourne via the Hume Highway, Newell Highway and the Kidman Way.