{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Currabubula | state = nsw | image = Currabubula.JPG | caption = The main street. | coordinates = {{coord|31|16|S|150|44|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = right | lga = Liverpool Plains Shire | county = Buckland | postcode = 2342 | est = c.1855 | pop = 332 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS">{{Census 2016 AUS | id= SSC16917 |name= Currabubula (State Suburb) |accessdate=2011-06-16 |quick=on}}</ref> | elevation= 433 | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = Tamworth | fedgov = New England | dist1 = | location1= North West }} '''Currabubula''' is a village on the North West Slopes of the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Werris Creek Road 30 kilometres south-west of Tamworth and 15 km north-east of Werris Creek. Currabubula is in the Liverpool Plains Shire local government area. As of 2016, it had a local population of 332.<ref>[http://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC11172 2016 Census QuickStats] Australian Bureau of statistics</ref>
==History== The Indigenous Kamilaroi people lived in the area for many thousands of years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/indigenous/map/ |title=ABC Online Indigenous - Interactive Map |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=26 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426141016/http://www.abc.net.au/indigenous/map/ |archive-date=26 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Currabubula|url=http://www.oktravel.com.au/au/nsw/liverpool-plains/currabubula/|publisher=OK Travel|accessdate=16 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924055617/http://www.oktravel.com.au/au/nsw/liverpool-plains/currabubula/|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> A railway station on the Main North railway line was located there between 1878 and 1985.<ref>[http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Currabubula&line=NSW:main_north:0 Currabubula station]. NSWrail.net, accessed 17 January 2010.</ref>
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 Travelling Stock Reserves available to the trail rider.
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Category:Towns in New England (New South Wales) Category:Main Northern railway line