Barry, New South Wales

Barry is a small village in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, in Blayney Shire. It is situated within an hours' driving time from the townships and villages of Blayney, Millthorpe, Mandurama, Neville, Lyndhurst and Carcoar. In 2006, Barry had a population of 232 people.HistoryOne of the original occupants was prospector Edward Hargraves who originally named the village Five Islands. He probably chose this name from a parcel of about 100acre of land that he previously owned in the Five Islands area of Wollongong New South Wales.The village developed during the second half of the 19th century with the building of a school in 1862, stores, a church, a blacksmith's establishment, town hall, general goods carrier and the influx of agricultural workers.In 1890 the village changed its name to Barry - probably in honour of a Caleb Barry who was the former bank manager of nearby Blayney and a vigorous member of the Church of England in that town. Indeed, the streets of Barry are named after clergy or bishops of the time, including Barber, Moorhouse, Hale, Marsden, Pearson, Sawyer, Turner, Selwyn and Staunton.