Carroll, New South Wales
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox Australian place | type = town
| name = Carroll
| state = nsw
| image = Carroll.JPG
| caption = Entry sign at Carroll
| coordinates = {{coord|30|58|S|150|27|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position = right
| lga = Gunnedah Shire Council
|county = Buckland
| postcode = 2340
| est = 1885
| pop = 337
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC10832|name=Carroll (State Suburb) |accessdate=17 April 2020|quick=on}}
| elevation= 280
| maxtemp =
| mintemp =
| rainfall =
| fedgov = Parkes
| stategov = Tamworth
| dist1 = 54
| location1= Tamworth
| dist2 = 450
| location2= Sydney
}}
Carroll is a parish and small village on the Oxley Highway, 20 km east of Gunnedah, New South Wales. At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Carroll had a population of 337 people. The Namoi River runs approximately parallel to the highway which is also the main street there. Periodically this river floods the town and surrounding area, forcing the closure of the Oxley Highway. The surrounding area is part of the Liverpool Plains region.
History
Carroll is an Irish surname coming from the Gaelic O Cearbhaill and Cearbhall, meaning "fierce in battle".{{cite book|last=Grenham|first=John|title=The Little Book of Irish Clans|year=1994|publisher=John Hinde|location=Dublin, Ireland|page=[https://archive.org/details/littlebookofiris0000gren/page/14 14]|isbn=0-7858-0083-2|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/littlebookofiris0000gren/page/14}}
In 1839 John Howe of Windsor took out a Depasturing Licence for 'Carrol'. An adjoining 'Carrol' was held by Hannah Dight in 1846.{{NSW GNR|id=JPKqBKKmTR|title=Carrol}}
During December 1865 Captain Thunderbolt (Fred Ward) and two accomplices robbed the inn at Carroll then danced and drank until the police arrived. They wounded a policeman and escaped, abandoning three pack-horses.Victor Crittenden, 'Ward, Frederick (Captain Thunderbolt) (1835–1870)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6, Melbourne University Press, 1976, pp 353-354.
The district produces cotton, wheat, other grains, fat lambs and beef cattle. The Olympic eventing horses, Kibah Tic-Tic, a noted dual gold medal winner and Kibah Sandstone (gold medallist in team & individual 1992, gold 2000) were bred on Kibah, a property close to the village.Bud Hyem of Kibah: {{cite web |url=http://www.horsemagazine.com/CLINIC/H/HYEM_BUD/bud_hyem.html |title=The Horse Magazine |access-date=2008-07-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020161630/http://horsemagazine.com/CLINIC/H/HYEM_BUD/bud_hyem.html |archive-date=2007-10-20 }}
According to the entry sign there are 188 people in the village. The village public school celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2019. There is also a local convenience store with fuel available.
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