Walla Walla

Postcode: 2659

Walla Walla is a town in Greater Hume Shire Council in New South Wales, Australia. It is about 39 km north of Albury-Wodonga and 130 km south of Wagga Wagga.

Walla Walla had a population of 590 people in 2001. In summer Walla Walla has an average high of 28°c and a low of 13°c during winter it has a high of 12°c and a low of 2°c.

It is the home of the Walla Walla Football Club. It 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 and has the largest Lutheran church in New South Wales.

In 1869 Walla Walla was established when 56 German families moved from the Barossa Valley in South Australia to take up land granted to them by the New South Wales Government.

Bushranger 'Mad Dog' Morgan visited the Stitt Brothers at the Walla Walla station in November 1864. There he spoke to the servants and station hands, inquiring after their treatment and telling them to let him know if they were ill-used. Whether this was genuine sympathy, an attempt to earn favour, support, concealment and aid from the disadvantaged, or imitation of the actions of other contemporary bushrangers, or a combination of all, is unsure.

Walla Walla station is now known as Walla Park and is near Billabong Creek about 6 km north of Walla Walla. The homestead became a store for many years after a new homestead was built.

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