Walwa Victoria | |||||||||
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Location in Shire of Towong, Victoria | |||||||||
Coordinates | 35°58′S 147°44′E / 35.967°S 147.733°E | ||||||||
Population | 177 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||
Postcode(s) | 3709 | ||||||||
Elevation | 215 m (705 ft) | ||||||||
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LGA(s) | Shire of Towong | ||||||||
State electorate(s) | Benambra | ||||||||
Federal division(s) | Indi | ||||||||
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Walwa (/ˈwɒlwə/; Aboriginal for "a place of waters"), is a town in the Shire of Towong in north east Victoria, Australia. The town is located 1 kilometre from the Murray River on the former Murray Valley highway between Wodonga and Corryong. At the 2016 census, the Walwa population had declined to just 177 having been 268 just ten years earlier.[1]
Across the river on the New South Wales side are the nearby towns of Jingellic and Tumbarumba.