Barellan

Barellan is a small town in Narrandera Shire in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia.

Barellanis a small town in Narrandera Shire in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia.On Census night 2016, Barellan had declined to a population of 538.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 which 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.

Unlike many rural localities in the area, the population level has fluctuated over a number of years, evidenced as follows:

Note ^1 : The 2001 census data covers just the urban locality of Barellan, while the 2006 later data covers the urban locality and surrounding rural properties.