1. McMaster Park
The Council of the Shire of Coolah purchased the land for McMaster Park from its previous owner Francis Piper in 1938. The park is named for Duncan McMaster who owned the property Oban, originally held by William Lawson. The land and much of the original township was located on the property of Robert Robertson, who held the Gotta Rock run.
2. Coolah Presbyterian Church
As far as is known the first Presbyterian Church was constructed in 1868 on land acquired from Robert Robertson, squatter. The tomb of Christiana McCubbin is located within the church grounds. She was the wife of James McCubbin the first person to take up freehold land in the settlement at Coolah.
3. Coolah School of Arts Hall (former)
The foundation stone for the present Coolah School of Arts Soldiers Memorial was laid by J.M. Allison of Oakey Creek and Coomoo Coomoo on 26th December, 1918. He also donated the land. The building was completed by contractor W. V. Holland of Coolah on 6th January, 1921 to a design by Mr Gildea, a soldier settler on the Oban Estate, who secured distinction for his plan in open competition.
4. Coolah Police Station and Courthouse (former)
Completed in 1880, the building is one of the few examples remaining from the Victorian era of a small combined Police and Court building. It was designed by the eminent Colonial Architect, James Barnet, and retains a good state of architectural integrity, as one of the oldest public buildings in the town of Coolah.
5. Black Stump Inn
Originally the Tattersall’s Hotel the inn has undergone a number of owners and names over the years since its construction in 1894. The first floor level was added in 1908. It was later renamed the New Central Hotel, the Coolah Hotel and the Black Stump Inn.
6. Coolah Shire Council Chambers
The Shire of Coolah was declared by proclamation in the Government Gazette of 7th March, 1906. J. McMaster was elected as the first Shire President. The building was opened to the service of the public on 24th March, 1955 by the Governor of New South Wales, Sir John Northcott. In 2004 Coolah and Coonabarabran Shires amalgamated to form the current Warrumbungle Shire Council.
7. Coolah Shire Hall
The Coolah Shire Hall, previously the Regent Theatre, was officially opened by Colonel M.F.Bruxner, Deputy Premier and Minister for Transport, at a grand ball on Wednesday, 31st July, 1935, in the presence of a large gathering of 503 people. The opening of the hall coincided with the official turning on of the town’s electricity supply. The hall was constructed by W.M.Horton of Gloucester for the sum of 2,319 pounds. The hall was designed and supervised by the Shire Engineer, G. Jack Cliff.
8. Coolah Post Office
From 1835 to 1848 settlers in the Coolah area relied upon the postal facilities at Cassilis, 35 kms to the south-east of Coolah, On 1st January 1849, a post office was opened in Coolah at the Squatters Home Inn, owned by James McCubbin who was postmaster until 28th January, 1852. Representations for a government owned post and telegraph office were made in September,1879. The tender of Mr. Summer Hayes, in the sum of 1,670 pounds was, accepted and the premises were occupied on 26th August, 1882.
9. Coolah Valley Hotel
The hotel was officially opened on 9th November, 1929, when a large gathering of representative citizens assembled in the commercial dining room under the chairmanship of E.J. Scully, the Deputy Shire President. A land mark building for Coolah, contributing to the main street with great architectural merit, and providing a visual back drop to the northern commercial end of Binnia street.
10. St Andrews Anglican Church
A fine Gothic Revival style country church of architectural merit constructed of locally quarried sandstone. Due to the lack of funds the Church took eight years to build and was completed in 1883. The Octagon Auditorium was declared open on 6th May 2014 by Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, Governor of New South Wales.
11. Coolah Central School
A new school building was opened on 13th March, 1883 to replace an earlier timber slab school room constructed in 1868. It was constructed of brick with a shingle roof. The building provided accommodation for 55 pupils. An attached teacher’s residence was completed at the same time, the cost of both structures being 900 pounds.
12. Sacred Heart Convent
The former Sacred Heart Convent and School is a good example of an Interwar period bungalow style building. It was officially opened and blessed by the Rev. Dr. O’Farrell C.M., Bishop of Bathurst, on 20th February, 1921 and served as a convent and school run by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart, first established by Mary McKillop in Penola, South Australia in 1866. Now a private residence.
13. Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Grotto
Sometime between 1885 and 1890 the first Catholic Church was built. The foundation stone for a new Catholic Church was laid by the Right Rev. Bishop Dunne on 9th July, 1905. Within 12 months the Church had been built on its present site. Erected next to the Church is a small building called the 'Calvary Grotto'. This structure was erected in about 1919 as a memorial to local soldiers who lost their lives in the First World War.
14. Coolah Cemetery
Coolah General Cemetery displays several different approaches to cemetery landscape design. The oldest memorial observed a sandstone stele with a stylised double peak erected to Thomas Leeson, died 12th June 1857 aged 48.
15. Coolah Hospital (original group of buildings)
There are three historically significant buildings at Coolah Hospital: the original ward of 1909, the morgue and the isolation wing of 1913. Community effort was the principal contributor to the establishment of the hospital.