Barellan, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Barellan
state = nsw


caption = Barellan, looking along Burley Griffin Way
towards Ardlethan.
lga = Narrandera Shire Council
postcode = 2665
est =
pop = 359 (2001 census)
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
county = Cooper
stategov = Murrumbidgee
fedgov = Riverina
dist1 = 521
location1= Sydney
dist2 = 52
location2= Griffith
dist3 = 22
location3= Binya
dist4 = 9
location4= Moombooldool [ [http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp Travelmate] ]

Barellan is a small town in Narrandera Shire in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. It had 359 people in 2001, including 6 indigenous persons (1.7%) and 11 persons born overseas (3.1%) [Census 2001 AUS|id=UCL104000|name=Barellan (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=2007-06-30|quick=on] Barellan 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.

History

The railway reached Barellan in 1908.

The Commercial Hotel, “a typically large and rather gracious hotel with an impressive upper verandah”, was built in 1924. [ [http://walkabout.com.au/locations/NSWBarellan.shtml ‘Barellan’] , Walkabout - Australian Travel Guide, FairfaxDigital.]

Barellan was also the first town to have a CWA(Country Womans Association) rest house built. It was built in 1924, the same year as the pub.

Barellan turns one hundred in 2009.

Evonne Goolagong

Barellan is notable as the birth-place of the tennis-player, Evonne Goolagong (now Evonne Cawley). There is a small plaque honouring her in the main street.

Evonne Goolagong was born on 31 July 1951 and attended Barellan Primary School. Although Aboriginal people faced widespread discrimination in rural Australia at this time, Evonne was able to play tennis in Barellan from childhood thanks to a kindly resident, Bill Kurtzman, who saw her peering through the fence at the local courts and encouraged her to come in and play. Goolagong left Barellan to attend Willoughby Girls High School in Sydney where she was able to further develop her tennis-playing skills.

Barellan Central School

Barellan has a central school that goes from kindergarten to year 12. There are about 129 students enroled. Barellan is part of the RAP (Riverina Access Program) which allows the year 11 and 12 students to complete their HSC. It comprises students from Hillston Central, Ardlethan Central and Ariah Park Central in video conferencing. The schools official website is http://www.barellan-c.schools.nsw.edu.au/.

References

ee also

Barellan school website at http://www.barellan-c.schools.nsw.edu.au/

http://www.barellan-c.schools.nsw.edu.au/