Tambar Springs is a town in the North West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia.

[1] The town is in the Gunnedah Shire Council local government area, 417 kilometres (259 mi) north west of the state capital, Sydney.

[2] The Tambar Springs war memorial was erected in December 1918 at a total cost of £400.

[3] In addition, Tambar Springs also had the largest number of men per capita enlisted in the Australian Army, over both world wars.

[citation needed] Nearby Tambar Springs is a significant palaeontology site; a typical Pleistocene assemblage.