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Baan Baa

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Narrabri Shire Council NSW, PO Box 261, Baan Baa, NSW 2390
02 6799 6866

Description

Baan Baa, pronounced "barn-bar", is a village located in northern inland New South Wales, Australia in Narrabri Shire local government area and Pottinger County.

Baan Baa, pronounced "barn-bar", is a village located in northern inland New South Wales, Australia in Narrabri Shire local government area and Pottinger County. It is approximately 38 kilometres south-east of Narrabri and 58 km north-west of Gunnedah on the Kamilaroi Highway. In the 2006 census, Baan Baa had a population of 211.

History

Baan Baa is named after a local property of the same name, and is aboriginal for "swim away". The railway line between Boggabri and Narrabri South Junction (which included the future township of Baan Baa) was opened on 1 October 1882. The railway station at Baan Baa opened in 1883. The Baan Baa Post Office opened on 9 February 1885 and closed on 19 March 1988.

The Baan Baa Literary Institute building which constructed of local cypress pine timber, was erected in 1923, and is now the local community hall. Baan Baa was once a bustling railway village, which once had its own bakery, butchery and service station. The village now serves primarily a grain rail terminal. Baan Baa once had the longest railway platform in country New South Wales.

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Type: Towns

Population: 101-1000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 254.938 km2

Elevation: 201-500 metres

Town elevation: 249 m

Population number: 163

Local Government Area: Narrabri Shire Council

Location

Narrabri Shire Council NSW, PO Box 261, Baan Baa, NSW 2390

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Baan Baa, New South Wales

Baan Baa - Localista

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