Come-by-Chance, New South Wales
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Not to be confused with Come By Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Come-by-Chance (postcode: 2832, ) is a locality in the Pilliga district of northern New South Wales, Australia. It is located about 100 km north of Coonabarabran in the Walgett Shire.
The town was named after a nearby property. Each year it attracts several thousand spectators to the Come-By-Chance Picnic Race Meeting.
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.
[edit] External links
- Come By Chance community information
- Come-by-Chance - e-text of ballad
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