Английская Википедия:Come By Chance, New South Wales
Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox Australian place Come By Chance is a locality in the Pilliga district of northern New South Wales, Australia. It is located about Шаблон:Convert north of Coonabarabran in the Walgett Shire. At the 2006 census, Come By Chance had a population of 187.[1] By the time of the 2016 census this had fallen to 125.[2]
History
George and William Colless purchased a sheep station in the area in 1862, naming it "Come by Chance" to reflect their surprise at being able to make such a purchase in this area. The town was later named after this property.[3] It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[4]
Events
Each year it attracts several thousand spectators to the Come-By-Chance Picnic Race Meeting.
In popular culture
The town features in Banjo Paterson's wistful ballad Come-by-Chance:
But my languid mood forsook me, when I found a name that took me,
Quite by chance I came across it — `Come-by-Chance' was what I read;
No location was assigned it, not a thing to help one find it,
Just an N which stood for northward, and the rest was all unsaid.
References
External links
- Come-by-Chance - e-text of ballad