Cobar Shire is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia.

The Shire is located in an outback area that is centred around the mining town of Cobar.

With a total area of 44,065 square kilometres (17,014 sq mi), about two-thirds the size of Tasmania, Cobar Shire is larger than Denmark and 99 other countries and self-governing territories, but its population is under 5000.

Lilliane Brady OAM was the mayor of Cobar Shire for more than 20 years, before her death in 2021.

[5] According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics during 2003–04 there:[6] Cobar Shire Council is composed of 12 councillors elected proportionally to a single ward.