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%). > >

Steve, A friend of mine lives in G.I and I asked him about this place. His reply was: " its just west of glen innes and Furracabad road starts in Glen Innes near the saleyards, lovely area, named after a cattle property by the same name." Regards, Gordon Sydney ----- 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