Barraba

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Barraba
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Barraba main street
State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales
Founded : 1860s
Coordinates : 30 ° 23 ′  S , 150 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 30 ° 23 ′  S , 150 ° 37 ′  E
Height : 500  m
Residents : 1,410 (2016)
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10)
Postal code : 2347
LGA : Tamworth Regional Council
Barraba (New South Wales)
Barraba
Barraba

Barraba is a small town in the northeast of the Australian state of New South Wales . The city in New England was the center of the former Local Government Area Barraba Shire , but in 2004 it was largely absorbed by the Tamworth Regional Council . At the 2006 census, Barraba had 1,410 residents.

history

The Kamilaroi , an Aboriginal tribe , lived in the area of ​​what is now Barraba before the immigration of Europeans. The first white man in the area was the botanist Allan Cunningham in 1827. He also discovered the Manilla River , which he named Buddle's Creek . A sheep breeding station called Barraba Station was established in 1837 or 1838. In July 1852, assistant surveyor JT Gorman surveyed the area of ​​what is now the city.

In the 1850s, the gold rush in the area led to the growth of a settlement. On April 1, 1856, the first post office was opened in Barraba, and in 1882 the first brick-built post office was built. A school followed, which opened in 1861 in a rented building. In September 1876, Crown Land was auctioned at Barraba. In the same year the first St. Laurence church and the first bank building were built. In 1878 the Commercial Hotel was built and three years later the courthouse was built. On March 20, 1885 Barraba received city rights. In the 1890s, many other important buildings were built in the city, such as the B. the hospital (1891) and the Weslyan Church (1898). In 1893 Barraba had a population of 500; by 1921 it rose to 1,164.

The first local newspaper, the Barraba Gazette , was first published in 1900. The last section of the Barraba railway line from Manilla opened on September 21, 1908 without any special celebrations. The last train to Barraba ran on September 21, 1983 and most of the railway line was abandoned on November 25, 1987. In 1933 the Connors Creek Reservoir was built as a reservoir for the city's water supply.

Mining

copper

In 1889, copper was discovered in Gulf Creek near Barraba, and the first mine opened there in 1892. After mining began, a village with a hotel, school and post office was built. The Gulf Creek Post Office opened on August 1, 1897 and closed again on February 28, 1966. In its prime, this copper mine was one of the largest in New South Wales. In July of that year the population of the village had risen to 300.

Asbestos in Woodsreef and the Consequences

The abandoned asbestos mine in Woodsreef

Asbestos was first mined in 1919 in Woodsreef , on a 400 hectare site, also near Barraba. The Chrysotile Corporation of Australia carried out large-scale mining from 1970 to 1983. The opencast mine delivered around 500,000 t of chrysotile (white asbestos) with 100 million t of overburden.

After the end of the mining activities, an overburden dump of 75 million t remained, which covered an area of ​​around 117 hectares. In addition, a tailings pile of 25 million t was created, which covered around 43 hectares. The tailing heap has an average height of 45 m. Its highest point is at a height of 70 m.

On August 13, 2008, a report on The 7.30 Report television program described growing concerns that the spoil from the abandoned open pit could pose a health risk to local residents and passing tourists. The Asbestos Disease Foundation of Australia has urged that the site be cleaned and that the public be banned from entry, although a public dirt road still leads through the dangerous site.

The report in The 7.30 Report led to a hastily conducted study by Hunter New England Health of the health implications for residents of the Barraba community. Despite the efforts of the Northern Daily Leader and the ABC to make the results public, the research was finalized but not published.

According to a November 2010 report by the Ombudsman for New South Wales, the Woodsreef open pit is the only former asbestos mining site in the state that has not yet been rehabilitated.

Climate and Weather

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Min. Temperature (° C) 16.4 16.1 12.7 7.9 4.3 1.6 0.2 1.1 4.2 8.3 11.8 14.6 O 8.2
Precipitation ( mm ) 87.7 77.1 54.1 39.6 42.5 46.7 43.8 39.8 44.2 64.0 72.6 77.4 Σ 689.5
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The weather station at the Barraba post office was first opened in March 1881 as a rain measurement station. In March 1966 it was expanded into a full-fledged weather station, where a weather attendant took the readings.

Notable weather extremes

Over the years there have been a number of notable weather phenomena such as: B .:

  • 1898 - The first snowstorm hit the new city.
  • October 7, 1907 - In the afternoon a hailstorm passed through the city.
  • February 6, 1915 - A dangerous thunderstorm passed the city and hit several farms in the area. 76mm of rain fell in about half an hour, and destructive winds (described as "cyclone winds") knocked over trees, destroyed barns and damaged homes.
  • February 25, 1955 - The highest daily rainfall was recorded at 194.3 mm.
  • July 3, 1984 - The lowest daily maximum temperature was recorded at 5.8 ° C.
  • July 1984 - The second snowstorm recorded to date struck the city.

Transport and tourism

The tourist route Fossickers Way (State Route 95) runs through Barraba on its way from Tamworth to Warialda . The town was also the terminus of the former railway line from Tamworth.

Barraba is part of the Bundarra-Barraba Important Bird Area , an IBA in which the endangered regent honeyeater ( Anthochaera phrygia ) is protected.

Water supply

The city usually gets its drinking water from the Manilla River, Barraba Creek, and Connors Creek Reservoir. When these springs dry up, groundwater must be drilled.

The split rock reservoir was built in 1988 and has a connection pipe in its dam, to which a pipeline to Barraba can be connected. But the pipeline itself was never built. At the end of 2007, the then responsible minister for the water supply, Phil Koperberg, wrote to the Tamworth Regional Council that he was considering an AU $ 10 million water pipe.

In 2011 the cost of building a pipeline from the Split Rock Reservoir to Barraba was expected to be AU $ 20 million. The Tamworth Regional Council has pledged AU $ 10 million and is trying to get the state and the Commonwealth of Australia to make commitments for the remaining amount.

Web links

Commons : Barraba  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Barraba ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Barraba . In: Sydney Morning Herald Traveler , Fairfax Media, November 13, 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2011. 
  3. ↑ Barraba . In: Visit Tamworth . Tamworth Regional Council. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Barraba Dateline . In: Barraba NSW - The Community Website . Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 14, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / barraba.com.au
  5. ↑ a b c d Joanna Boileau: Thematic History of Nundle, Manilla and Barraba . Tamworth Regional Council. Pp. 124-125. February 2007. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  6. ^ A b Post Office History . In: Post Office List - NSW . Premier Postal Auctions. Archived from the original on August 19, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 14, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.premierpostal.com
  7. ↑ Census Bulletin No. 11 - Population, and Occupied Dwellings in Localities (PDF; 6.1 MB) In: Census of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1921 . Australian Bureau of Statistics. 1921. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  8. ↑ THE BARRABA RAILWAY. . In: The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW: 1842-1954) , National Library of Australia, September 22, 1908, p. 7. Retrieved November 15, 2011. 
  9. ^ Rolfe Bozier: Barraba Branch . In: NSWrail.net . Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  10. ↑ MINING IN NEW SOUTH WALES. . In: The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW: 1842-1954) , National Library of Australia, July 29, 1901, p. 8. Retrieved November 15, 2011. 
  11. ↑ a b Woodsreef Asbestos Mine Site Rehabilitation Private Members Statement . New South Wales Parliament. August 29, 2008.
  12. ↑ Abandoned asbestos mine causes community outrage
  13. ^ Woodsreef health report under wraps . Northern Daily Leader ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.northerndailyleader.com.au
  14. ↑ Responding to the asbestos problem: The need for significant reform in NSW . Google Documentation ( Memento from March 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ↑ a b c Climate Statistics for Barraba Post Office . In: Climate statistics for Australian locations . Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
  16. ↑ a b Basic Climatological Station Metadata - Barraba Post Office (PDF; 1.4 MB) Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
  17. ↑ USEFUL SHOWERS. . In: The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW: 1842-1954) , National Library of Australia, October 8, 1907, p. 8. Retrieved November 16, 2011. 
  18. ↑ STORM AT BARRABA. . In: The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW: 1842-1954) , National Library of Australia, February 9, 1915, p. 4. Retrieved November 16, 2011. 
  19. ↑ a b c d Barraba Water Supply . New South Wales Parliament
  20. ^ Barraba's water supply critical . ABC News