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Uarbry (Co. Bligh) 32°03’S. 149°46’E., 35 km E. of Dunedoo, on Talbragar R.; village gaz. 1868 as Uarby, laid out 1868 by Edward Fisher; farming; Angl. C. (St John’s) 1926, burnt down 2017; bridges over Talbragar R.: Tom Bailliere Bridge (Flood Channel No. 1) 2018, Flood Channel No. 2 Bridge 1981, M’Elhone Bridge b. 1878 by Scott Bros., Pipers Bridge 1983; bushfire (largely destroyed village) 2017; cemetery (159 graves 1863-2004) 1875; PO 1870-1980; quarry; Rom. Cath. C. 1882, closed and dilapidated by 1903; school 1874-89 and 1898-1917; telephone 1914; TX 1937; pop. 101 (1901), 123 (1911), 38 (1933), 137 (1947), 26 (1954), 62 (1961), 239 (2006)1 .

References

1 Simpson, Phillip. Historical Guide to New South Wales. North Melbourne, Vic: Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, 2020, p. 731.

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