Come By Chance is a locality in the Pilliga district of northern New South Wales, Australia.

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.

[3] It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.

[4] 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.