Barraba Community News
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Daylight saving ends on Sunday
31st March 2026
This Sunday, 5th April, Daylight Saving ends. Remember to put your clocks back 1 hour...
Street Stall Thursday 2nd April
24th March 2026
Senior Citz Street Stall
Thursday 2nd April 9am till sold out
Outside the Chemist
All donations gratefully accepted...
Whitehaven Coal ecological burn notice
24th March 2026
Ecological Burn Notice
Please be advised that Whitehaven Coal will be undertaking burn preparation and cool season Ecological Burns on the following Biodiversity Properties “Nindethana”, “Rosevale”, “Wirradale”, a...
Trip to NERAM at Armidale
24th March 2026
Bus Trip to NERAM, Armidale
Two local artists, one shared vision: Tinted.
The Potters and Craft Guild have organised a bus trip to visit the Exhibition detailed next column. Sunday 19th April.
Depart Barraba at 9.30am, ETA back to Barraba 4.30pm
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Some Crow Mountain history
31st March 2026
History Notes - Crow Mountain(Written August, 1979)
Barraba’s first mining boom was over 80yrs ago with the gold discovery at Crow Mountain, 12 miles from Barraba.Crowley and Hagan found gold for the first time in “The Dodger”.&nbs...
Easter message from the Catholic Church, Barraba
31st March 2026
Christ has risen – Alleluia!
An Easter message by Father Damien Locke, Administrator of the Catholic Parish of Saint John, Barraba.
Easter is one of the great moments of the Christian year. At its heart is a simple but powerful messag...
Easter message from the Anglican Church, Barraba
31st March 2026
A Politically Incorrect Easter
Death is one of those topics that we’re not meant to talk about, isn’t it? It’s ‘politically incorrect’ because it makes us feel uncomfortable.
Yet in the Bible, it says that death is the...
Waste collection report on reduction progress
31st March 2026
WASTE COLLECTION
Our current weekly average is 10.89 kg per household in the red-lid garbage bin - just under the state average of 11 kg per week.
A good result, but there’s still room to improve. Audits show some recyclable items are ending ...