Talk:Marrar, New South Wales

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Reference named "Census2016Y": From Wymah, New South Wales:  From Matong:  From Grong Grong:  From Wallendbeen:  From Alfredtown:  From Cootamundra:  From Humula:  From Oura, New South Wales: </li> <li>From Galore, New South Wales: </li> <li>From Wanganella, New South Wales: Based on the resident population of meshblocks 10231240000, 10231373000, and 11205702900 from 2074.0 - Census of Population and Housing: Mesh Block Counts, Australia, 2016</li> <li>From Illabo: </li> <li>From Womboota: </li> <li>From Collingullie: </li> <li>From Sandigo, New South Wales: </li> <li>From Currawarna: </li> <li>From Mangoplah: </li> <li>From Ladysmith, New South Wales: </li> </ul>

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 12:51, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Marrar history
Marrar history European settlement of the area can be traced back to 1850. The name Marrar, shown in early records as Marror was derived from the Marror Run or Lease. In 1850 tenders were first called by the Crown for the lease of Marror Run of about 60,000 acres. The successful tenderers were, Angus, John, Ronald and George Rankin. Over time grazing and cropping activities developed in the area. Like so many small towns in New South Wales, Marrar town had its beginning with the construction of the railway between Junee (on the main southern line) and Narrandera in 1881. Nine miles was the recognised distance between construction camps and as construction moved further west a new campsite would be set up. As the construction gangs moved on, some workers chose to remain and establish a town where the camps had been. So, in such a fashion, the town of Marrar had its beginning. With the railway as an outlet for their produce, the surrounding farms were able to greatly increase their production. Wheat, chaff and wool in ever increasing volume began to flow through the local Railway Yards. This in itself brought extra employment, and, in turn, a demand for farm machinery and household goods was created. Marrar was proclaimed a Village on 27th February 1904, but well before this date the streets had been surveyed and building blocks pegged out. The town was now beginning to take shape. With York Street facing the railway line and shops on one side only. The first building of any substance in the town was the Royal Hotel which was completed in 1900. The brick building at the eastern end of York street was first called the Roberts building and was completed in 1914. This eventually became the base for the Murphy Brothers which became a main stay of commerce in Marrar between the 1940s and 1980s. The Marrar War Memorial Hall was opened with a ball attended by over 500 people on Friday 8th October, 1965. The Marrar Football Club was formed in 1918 but football was played in the district several years before this. Winchendon Vale had a team and played in a competition based at Temora as early as 1912.
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 * References supporting change: Text taken from the 1979 book "A history of Marrar and district", Full book available at https://baldmurph007.wixsite.com/marrarhistory
 * It has been stated that this text was taken from a book, if so, it needs to be paraphrased and cannot go into the article with the exact same wording as in the book due to copyright laws. This is also a large amount of text to be covered by the one reference and, if it was to be improved, would have more sources to back it up throughout the text. Redtree21 (talk) 12:56, 2 November 2021 (UTC)