Carroll, New South Wales

Carroll
Carroll; New South Wales
	Entry sign at Carroll
	Carroll
Coordinates	30°58′S 150°27′E
Population	176 (2011 census)[1]
Established	1885
Postcode(s)	2340
Elevation	280 m (919 ft)
Location	54 km (34 mi) from Tamworth ; 450 km (280 mi) from Sydney ;
LGA(s)	Gunnedah Shire Council
County	Buckland
State electorate(s)	Tamworth
Federal Division(s)	Parkes

Carroll is a parish and small village on the Oxley Highway, 20 km east of Gunnedah, New South Wales. At the 2011 census, Carroll had a population of 176 people.[1] The Namoi River runs approximately parallel to the highway which is also the main street there. Periodically this river floods the town and surrounding area, forcing the closure of the Oxley Highway. The surrounding area is part of the Liverpool Plains region. Carroll is an Aboriginal word for 'forked tree'.[2]

In 1839 John Howe of Windsor took out a Depasturing Licence for 'Carrol'. An adjoining 'Carrol' was held by Hannah Dight in 1846.[3]

During December 1865 Captain Thunderbolt (Fred Ward) and two accomplices robbed the inn at Carroll then danced and drank until the police arrived. They wounded a policeman and escaped, abandoning three pack-horses.[4]

The district produces cotton, wheat, other grains, fat lambs and beef cattle. The Olympic eventing horses, Kibah Tic-Tic, a noted dual gold medal winner and Kibah Sandstone (gold medallist in team & individual 1992, gold 2000) were bred on Kibah, a property close to the village.[5]

According to the entry sign there are 188 people in the village. The village now has a public school and a fuel supplier.

Oxley Highway, Carroll, NSW

References

Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Carroll (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
"Carroll". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
"Carrol". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
Victor Crittenden, 'Ward, Frederick (Captain Thunderbolt) (1835–1870)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6, Melbourne University Press, 1976, pp 353-354.
Bud Hyem of Kibah: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[Census-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Carroll (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

[2] "Carroll". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.

[3] "Carrol". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.

[4] Victor Crittenden, 'Ward, Frederick (Captain Thunderbolt) (1835–1870)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6, Melbourne University Press, 1976, pp 353-354.

[5] Bud Hyem of Kibah: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)