Barellan
Barellan is a small town in Narrandera Shire in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. On Census night 2021, Barellan had a population of 276. It is a quiet Riverina wheat town on the Burley Griffin Way, with characteristic silos, and functions primarily as a service centre for the surrounding agricultural area.
The name of Barellan is an Aboriginal expression that literally means the meeting of the waters.
The railway reached Barellan in 1908 and a post office was opened on 1 April 1909.
The Commercial Hotel, "a typically large and rather gracious hotel with an impressive upper verandah", was built in 1924.
Barellan was also the first town to have a Country Women's Association (CWA) rest house, built in 1924, the same year as the hotel.
In 2009, Barellan celebrated its centenary.
The name of Barellan is an Aboriginal expression that literally means the meeting of the waters.
The railway reached Barellan in 1908 and a post office was opened on 1 April 1909.
The Commercial Hotel, "a typically large and rather gracious hotel with an impressive upper verandah", was built in 1924.
Barellan was also the first town to have a Country Women's Association (CWA) rest house, built in 1924, the same year as the hotel.
In 2009, Barellan celebrated its centenary.
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The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately 65,000 years ago, during the last ice age. Arriving by sea, they settled the continent and had formed approximately 250 distinct language groups by the time of European settlement, maintaining some of the longest known continuing artistic and religious traditions in the world. Australia's written history commenced with the European maritime exploration of Australia. The Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon was the first known European to reach Australia, in 1606. In 1770, the British explorer James Cook mapped and claimed the east coast of Australia for Great Britain, and the First Fleet of British ships arrived at Sydney in 1788 to establish the penal colony of New South Wales. The European population grew in subsequent decades, and by the end of the 1850s gold rush, most of the continent had been explored by European settlers and an additional five self-governing British colonies established. Democratic parliaments were gradually established through the 19th century, culminating with a vote for the federation of the six colonies and foundation of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901. Australia has since maintained a stable liberal democratic political system and wealthy market economy.
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AUD | Australian dollar | $ | 2 |
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