Bellata
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Bellata (postcode 2397) is a small village in north-central New South Wales, Australia, in Narrabri Shire. At the , Bellata had a population of 266. The place name Bellata could be derived from the local Aboriginal word meaning "kangaroo" or possibly "home of belar trees".
Bellata (postcode 2397) is a small village in north-central New South Wales, Australia, in Narrabri Shire. At the , Bellata had a population of 266. The place name Bellata could be derived from the local Aboriginal word meaning "kangaroo" or possibly "home of belar trees".
Buildings
A turn-of-the-century, two-storey colonial style hotel, the Nandewar Inn Hotel, constructed in 1902, was a well-loved local landmark until it was destroyed by fire in April 2006. Once a thriving rural centre, Bellata, in the early to mid-20th century, boasted a post office, two general stores, two stock and station agencies, two garages, a café, a telephone exchange, a fully operational railway station with a station master and a doctor. Bellata still has a road house, a police station, primary school, nine-hole sand green golf course and Golf Club, tennis courts, Anglican and Catholic churches, a memorial hall where movies were once shown, caravan park and several community groups. Woolabra Post Office opened on 1 September 1899 and was renamed Bellata in 1909.
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