Located on the Lachlan River Cowra has
become the commercial and administrative
centre of a shire where livestock, wool
scouring, vegetable growing and processing,
vineyards and tourism are the main drivers of
the local economy.

Cowra is a town in the Central West region of
New South Wales, Australia. Cowra is the
largest population centre and the council seat
for the Cowra Shire, with a population of 9,730.

Cowra is located approximately 310 m (1,017 ft)
above sea level on the banks of the Lachlan
River in the Lachlan Valley. By road Cowra is
approximately 310 km (193 mi) South-West of
the state capital Sydney and 189 km (117 mi)
North of the nation's capital Canberra. The town
of Cowra is situated at the intersection of three
major state highways the Mid-Western
Highway, Olympic Highway and the Lachlan
Valley Way.