Currabubula is a village on the

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of the

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region of

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, Australia. It is located on the Werris Creek Road 30 kilometres south-west of Tamworth and 15 km north-east of

Werris Creek Werris Creek is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, near Tamworth, in Liverpool Plains Shire. It is north of Quirindi and is at the junction of the Main North railway line to Armidale and Moree. At the 2011 census, Werris Creek had ...

. Currabubula is in the

Liverpool Plains Shire Liverpool Plains Shire is a local government area located in the North West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire was formed on 17 March 2004 by the amalgamation of Quirindi Shire with parts of Parry, Murrurundi and Gunnedah ...

local government area. As of 2016, it had a local population of 332.

History

The Indigenous

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people lived in the area for many thousands of years. Originally known as "Carrobobella" which comes from the Kamilaroi language, the name was then changed with the arrival of white settlers. Before 1848 there was an 'accommodation house' at Currabubula and by 1854 (or even possibly earlier) there was an inn located at Carabobbela. The village was laid out before 1860 and in 1862 Currabubula was shown on the county map. A railway station on the Main North railway line was located there between 1878 and 1985.Currabubula station
NSWrail.net, accessed 17 January 2010. Currabubula has a public school and a hotel. The annual Currabubula Red Cross Art Exhibition takes place there. Agriculture is the major industry in the area. Important agricultural activities include the production of beef cattle, sheep and grain. Currabubula is also renowned as a 'horse friendly' village, with hundreds of acres of "TSR" land available to the trail rider.

References

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