Barraba Community News

Barraba Community News is Barraba's own local newspaper. It is free, community owned and edited. You can obtain a hard copy from many of our local shops, receive an emailed copy every Wednesday morning or just log onto our site at a time to suit yourself. Please support us and advertise with us.

The Ukulele Man at The Playhouse Hotel.

8th July 2025
The Ukulele Man at The Playhouse Hotel. At 6.30 pm on Thursday 17th July, Barraba will be able to catch The Ukulele Man at The Playhouse Hotel. This joyous show, brought to us by Arts Northwest On Tour, which tells the fascinating sto...

Bowen Stud sale 17th July 25

1st July 2025
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Medical Closure 9-15 July 25

1st July 2025
Medical Centre Surgery Closure The Medical Centre will be closed from Wednesday 9th July to Tuesday 15th July and will reopen on Wednesday 16th July at 9.00am. If you require scripts please contact the surgery to make an appointment prior to the cl...

Club Grants info from Kevin Anderson

8th July 2025
ORGANISATIONS ENCOURAGED TO TAP INTO GRANT OPPORTUNITY Local not-for-profits, community groups and organisations are being encouraged to apply for the NSW Government’s Infrastructure Grants program (Clubgrants Category 3). Member for Tamworth...

Remembering Guy Derrick

8th July 2025
Guy From 1966 to 2018 we had Guy in our lives. When he died I spent so much time asking Why? Why didn’t they scan?… Why didn’t they listen?… Why didn’t they value the life of someone so loved? One day I decided I n...

Call for blood donors

8th July 2025
Council’s call for donations Tamworth Regional Council is calling on Council employees and residents of the Tamworth community to take part in the 2025 Local Government Blood Drive. From this week, starting 1 July, Lifeblood’s Local Gove...

Waste vouchers now available

8th July 2025
2025/2026 Waste Vouchers Are Now Available!  Are you new to digital vouchers or recently moved? Register your address online or call us on 6767 5555. Already registered? Just log in to the self-service portal with your email – your vou...

History Notes for 9th July 2025

8th July 2025
History Notes Recently I came across History Notes for February 2005 - twenty years ago. It seems to have been a year of Anniversaries - a bit like 2025. The oldest paper - the Barraba Argus -was published in 1895 but disappeared a short time later...