| Walla Walla New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Zion Lutheran Church | |||||||||||||||
  Walla Walla | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°45′0″S 146°54′0″E / 35.75000°S 146.90000°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 836 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1869 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2659 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 196 m (643 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Greater Hume | ||||||||||||||
| County | Hume | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Walla Walla | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Albury | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Farrer | ||||||||||||||
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Walla Walla or Wallawalla[2] (English: /ˈwɒlə ˈwɒlə/)[3] is a town in the Riverina region of southern New South Wales, Australia and is serviced by the Greater Hume Shire Council. It is about 39 kilometres (24 mi) north of Albury-Wodonga and 130 kilometres (81 mi) south of Wagga Wagga.
Walla Walla had a population of 581 people in 2006[1] and has the largest Lutheran church in New South Wales.[4]
Walla Walla has an elevation of 196 metres (643 ft) above sea level.[5] In summer Walla Walla has an average high of 31 °C (88 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), and during winter it has a high of 12 °C (54 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), although maximum temperatures can reach the mid-40s °C (mid-110s °F) and the area often experiences frosts during winter.[6]
Until 2016 it was the home of the Walla Walla Football Club which played as a stand-alone team in the Hume Football League until having to merge with Rand & Walbundrie due to lack of players. Walla Walla has many other sports available such as tennis, lawn bowls, croquet, cricket and a local swimming pool.
Walla Walla is also the home of St Paul's College, the only Lutheran secondary school in NSW. The school offers an equine program, with many students keeping horses in the adjacent equine centre, as well as agricultural studies.[7] Boarding students are drawn from communities within the Greater Hume Shire, the Riverina, North Eastern Victoria and further afield from the cities of Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne.[8]
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Walla Walla (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ 17 Apr 1936 – LEVEL CROSSING SMASH – Trove
- ^ Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. ISBN 1-876429-14-3
- ^ "Walla Walla". Greater Hume Shire Council. Archived from the original on 22 October 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2007.
- ^ "Walla-Walla, Australia Page". Falling Rain Genomics. Archived from the original on 17 August 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
- ^ "Walla Walla". Australian Explorer. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2007.
- ^ "LEA Schools Directory". Lutheran Education Australia. Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2007.
- ^ "St Pauls College - Walla Walla - Home". St Pauls College. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2009.