Pallamallawa Explained

Type:town
Pallamallawa
State:nsw
Lga:Moree Plains Shire
Postcode:2399
Pop:253
Coordinates:-29.4667°N 150.1333°W
Pushpin Label Position:left
Stategov:Northern Tablelands
Fedgov:Parkes
Dist1:637
Dir1:NW
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:241
Dir2:NW
Location2:Armidale
Dist3:32
Dir3:E
Location3:Moree

Pallamallawa or "Pally" is a small rural village approximately 30 kilometres east of Moree, in north-western New South Wales, Australia. It is on the banks of the Gwydir River, two kilometres north of the Gwydir Highway between Inverell and Moree. At the, Pallamallawa had a population of 253 people.

The village is a service centre for surrounding agricultural production. The majority of the population was Christian, with Anglicans accounting for nearly half of the population, followed by Catholics and Presbyterians. Around 30% of the population was studying non-school based qualifications. The unemployment rate was 4%.

The region's agriculture industries are diverse and include irrigated crops (such as cotton and pecans), as well as livestock (mostly beef cattle) and cropping (mostly cereals and rotational legumes). The pecan industry is now well established https://web.archive.org/web/20040413020653/http://www.stahmann.com.au/farms.htm but growth in other novel crops, including olives, demonstrates a high level of innovation in agriculture.

Pallamallawa has a number of food and grocery service businesses, including a post office with banking facilities, a primary school, sporting amenities, a café/takeaway shop and a pub. The School's motto "Strive for Success" has been imparted on a number of famous Australians who have grown up in Pallamallawa, including poet Murray Hartin[1] and light horseman Daniel Daley.[2]

Pallamallawa is the hometown of many great Australians, including Brian AJ Newman LLB, Founder and President of the Australian Prison Officers Association, Chief Executive Officer of Workers First, Advocacy International and National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation - Advocacy Service.

External links

Pally people

Notes and References

  1. Hartin, Murray. "Hartin, Murray", The Australian Literature Resource.
  2. Daley, Daniel. "Daley, Daniel Alexander (1916–1949) ", Australian Dictionary of Biography.