Boggabri

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name	Boggabri
state	nsw
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caption	Court House
coordinates
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pop	885
pop_year
pop_footnotes
postcode	2382
elevation	251
dist1	39
dir1	NW
location1	Gunnedah
dist2	58
dir2	SSE
location2	Narrabri
dist3	468
dir3	NNW
location3	Sydney
lga	Narrabri Shire
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county	Pottinger
stategov	Barwon
fedgov	New England, Parkes
est	1850s
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Boggabri ( ) is a small town in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. It is part of Narrabri Shire and lies between Gunnedah and Narrabri on the Kamilaroi Highway. At the , the town had a population of 885 people.

History

The original town site was 20 km south and settled in the 1830s but was relocated after a flood washed it away in the 1850s. Boggabri comes from Gamilaraay bagaaybaraay, literally "having creeks". It is likely a reference to the Namoi River, which passes through Boggabri.

It was officially proclaimed a town in 1862; being named after an Aboriginal Chief.

Attractions

Boggabri's main tourist attraction is Gin's Leap. Its name derives from the story of an Aboriginal girl who was promised to an elder of her tribe, the Kamilaroi, and ran away with a young man from a neighbouring tribe. The couple were pursued and, seeing no escape, jumped from the cliff to their deaths.

Dripping Rock is another natural attraction featuring water that seeps through sedimentary rock and drips down a 50 m high wall. The water cascades down into a rock pool below after good rain creating a local waterfall.

Thunder-bolts Cave is another attraction.

Education

There are two primary schools in Boggabri: Boggabri Public School and Sacred Heart Primary School.

Medical Services

The town is also home to the Boggabri John Prior Health Service and Prior House Frail Aged Care Home, both named after resident Dr John Prior OAM (1922–2014), who served as the community's sole doctor for half a century and is believed to be New South Wales' longest serving GP.

Transport

Boggabri railway station is situated on the Mungindi line, 515 km from Sydney. The station opened in 1882 consists of a station building on a single side platform, a passing loop and small goods yard. Currently a single daily Xplorer diesel railmotor operating between Sydney and Moree serves the station.

Notable alumni

The churchman Roland St John MBE and his barrister brother Edward St John QC MP were born at Boggabri when their father was Anglican rector there.

The local rugby league team is the Boggabri Kangaroos, who play in the Group 4 Rugby League. In 1946, Boggabri's rugby league club player, Trevor Eather, was selected to play for the Australian national team.

Mahla Pearlman AO (2 June 1937 – 2 December 2011) was the first woman to become chief judge of any jurisdiction within the NSW legal system. She was born at Boggabri to a local farming family, the Pearlmans. Her grandfather Abraham Pearlman had come to Boggabri as a shopkeeper, becoming a farmer in 1905 on the acquisition of the property Herzlton.

Rugby Union player Steve Devine – born in Boggabri in 1976 – later moved to New Zealand, and briefly played for the All Blacks.

Population

|type= Australia |1954|1378 |1961|1256 |1966|1199 |1971|1067 |1976|973 |1981|1023 |1986|967 |1991|958 |1996|875 |2001|803 |2006|901 |2011|866 |2016|856 |2021|885 |source=Australian Bureau of Statistics data.

According to the 2021 census of population, there were 885 people in Boggabri.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 13.2% of the population.
85.6% of people were born in Australia and 87.5% of people spoke only English at home.
The most common responses for religion were Anglican 34.0%, No Religion 21.8% and Catholic 18.8%.

References

''[[Macquarie Dictionary. Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition]]'' (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. {{ISBN. 1-876429-14-3
{{Census 2021 AUS
"Boggabri". Narrabri Shore Council.
"Boggabri".
Boon, Robert. (1991). "The Concise Encyclopedia of Australia and New Zealand". Horwitz Grahame Pty Limited.
"Gins Leap". Narrabri Shire Council.
"Dripping Rock". Narrabri Shire Council.
(9 April 2014). "Country doctor with a heart of gold". The Sydney Morning Herald.
(6 February 2014). "Long-serving Boggabri GP remembered". Australian Community Media - Fairfax Media.
[http://www.nswrail.net/locations/photo.php?name=NSW:Boggabri:2&line=NSW:mungindi:0 Boggabri Railway Station]. NSWrail.net. Accessed 1 April 2008.
"Boggabri Railway Station {{!}} NSW Environment & Heritage".
{{Cite New South Wales transport timetables. North West Region
(17 July 1946). "Captain Out of Test Team". The Courier-Mail (1933–1954).
"Statistics by Catalogue Number". Australian Bureau of Statistics.
"Search Census data". Australian Bureau of Statistics.

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