Barry is a small village

Village

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 in the Central West

Central West, New South Wales

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 region of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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, in Blayney Shire

Blayney Shire Council

Blayney Shire Council is a Local Government Area in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Mid-Western Highway and the Main Western railway line....

. It is situated within an hours driving time from the townships and villages of Blayney

Blayney, New South Wales

Blayney is a farming town and administrative centre with a population of 2,745 in 2006, in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia...

, Millthorpe

Millthorpe, New South Wales

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, Mandurama

Mandurama, New South Wales

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, Neville

Neville, New South Wales

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, Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst, New South Wales

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 and Carcoar

Carcoar, New South Wales

Carcoar is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, in Blayney Shire. In 2006, the town had a population of 218 people. It is situated just off the Mid-Western Highway 258 km west of Sydney and 52 km south-west of Bathurst and is 720 m above sea-level...

. In 2006, Barry had a population of 232 people.

History

One of the original occupants was prospector Edward Hargreaves who originally named the village Five Islands. He probably chose this name from a parcel of about 100 acre (0.404686 km²) of land that he previously owned in the Five Islands area of Wollongong New South Wales.

The village developed during the second half of the 19th century with the building of a school in 1862, stores, a church, a blacksmith's establishment, town hall, general goods carrier and the influx of agricultural workers.

In 1890 the village changed its name to Barry - probably in honour of a Caleb Barry who was the former bank manager of nearby Blayney

Blayney, New South Wales

Blayney is a farming town and administrative centre with a population of 2,745 in 2006, in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia...

and a vigorous member of the Church of England in that town. Indeed the streets of Barry are named after clergy or bishops of the time, including Barber, Moorhouse, Hale, Marsden, Pearson, Sawyer, Turner, Selwyn and Staunton.

Barry Today

Today all the public buildings except for the St James Anglican Church and the Community Hall are closed. Other public buildings such as the Post Office, the stores the school residence, and the former Catholic Church of St Therese are private residences.

Barry's streets, other than the intersection of Selwyn and Sawyer, remain unsealed. Water resources have however improved with water now flowing from a hilltop tank which is constantly supplied by a bore.