History
The railway reached Barellan in 1908 and the Post Office opened shortly after on 1 April 1909.
The Commercial Hotel, "a typically large and rather gracious hotel with an impressive upper verandah", was built in 1924.
Barellan was also the first town to have a CWA (Country Women's Association) rest house built. It was built in 1924, the same year as the hotel.
Barellan celebrated 100 years in 2009.
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