Steve it would be worth contacting Eve Chappell at the Glen Innes and District Historical Society before you go to Glen Innes at gleninneshistory@northnet.com.au they have an amazing collection including information about individuals and properties .. there is no FHG at Glen but the Inverell and District Family History group familyhistory@northnet.com.au have info about Furracabad which is between Inverell and Glen Innes .. not sure where the statistics that said Furracabad has 7,000 people ... the Glen Innes and Severn Shire would probably be pushing it to have that many people Camilla ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Sims" <steven.sims.a@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-NSW-NEW-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [NE] Furracabad / Furrucabad near Glen Innes > Thanks Jenny, > > I had imagined a fairly sparse rural area (as it probably was in 1800's) - > but population of 7000+ makes it sound more like a suburb of Glen Innes. I > think from the govt website I have seen but can't find at the moment, it's > about 7km out of town. Looks like I need to make a visit, sure to find > some more info and get some good photos! The hard part of course will be > to find land records to locate the family farm, without being able to > first visit NSW archives in Sydney. Hopefully Glen Innes FHS will be able > to help. > > Cheers, > Steve in Brisbane > > Jenny McCarthy wrote: > >>I found this by googling >> >>Furracabad Information >>The suburb of Furracabad, New South Wales is in the 2370 postcode, which >>is covered by the 3 local government areas of Severn, Glen Innes and >>Inverell. The other suburbs in the 2370 postcode are Stonehenge, Diehard, >>Rangers Valley, Glen Elgin, Kookabookra, Yarrowford, Pinkett, Shannon >>Vale, Kingsgate, Swan Vale, Red Range, Newton Boyd, Kingsland, Gibraltar >>Range, Glen Innes, Wellingrove, Bald Nob, Dundee, Matheson, Moogem, >>Reddestone and Fladbury. >> >>There are 2,657 separate houses in Furracabad, or 88% of all dwellings. >>There are also 152 flats (5%) and 43 semi/terraces (1%). Of these, 51% are >>fully owned, 24% are rented and 17% are purchasing. >> >>Population of Furracabad >>According to the last census, the population of Furracabad was 7,518, >>which is .12% of the total population of NSW (6,372,211). >> >>Immigration Profile for Furracabad >>94% of people in Furracabad are Australian-born, compared to 70% for the >>wider NSW area. Of the immigrants, most are from the United Kingdom (3%), >>then New Zealand (1%), the United States of America (1%), Germany (0%) and >>Netherlands (0%). >> >>Furracabad Demographic Information >>40 to 59 year olds are the most prevalent in Furracabad, with 27% of >>residents in this bracket. Next most common are people 60+ (23%), then 20 >>to 39 (22%), 5 to 19 (22%) and 0 to 4 (6%). >> >>54% of Furracabad residents are married, 26% have never been married, 9% >>are widowed, 7% are divorced and 4% are separated. >> >>The top 5 religious affiliations for residents of Furracabad are: Anglican >>(41%), Catholic (26%), Uniting Church (10%), No Religion (8%) and >>Presbyterian and Reformed (7%). >> >>The occupational breakdown of Furracabad residents is Managers and >>Administrators (7%), Intermediate Clerical/Sales/Service (5%), >>Professionals (5%), Tradespersons and Related Workers (4%) and Labourers >>and Related Workers (4%), and the top five modes of transport to work are >>Car (driver) (19%), Worked at home (5%), Walked (3%), Car (passenger) (3%) >>and Bicycle (0%). >> >>The education status of people living in Furracabad is Not Attending >>(Working) (75%), Infants/Primary (11%), Secondary Education (7%), >>Technical or Further Education (5%) and Pre-School (1%). >> > > > ==== AUS-NSW-NEW-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > Please type surnames in all caps . Make them easier to see off a computer > screen > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >