Type: | town |
Walbundrie | |
State: | nsw |
Lga: | Greater Hume Shire Council |
Postcode: | 2642 |
Pop: | 149 |
Elevation: | 151 |
Coordinates: | -35.6833°N 146.7167°W |
County: | Hume |
Stategov: | Albury |
Fedgov: | Riverina |
Dist1: | 546 |
Dir1: | SW |
Location1: | Sydney |
Dist2: | 335 |
Dir2: | NE |
Location2: | Melbourne |
Dist3: | 50 |
Dir3: | NW |
Location3: | Albury |
Dist4: | 32 |
Dir4: | W |
Location4: | Culcairn |
Walbundrie is a village in the eastern Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. The village is located 546km (339miles) south-west of the state capital, Sydney and 335km (208miles) north of Melbourne. Situated on the bank of the Billabong Creek, at the, Walbundrie had a population of 190. Walbundrie is in the Greater Hume Shire local government area. Billabong Creek passes immediately south of the town.
Piney Range Post Office opened on 1 March 1869 and was renamed Walbundrie later that month.
The major industry in and around Walbundrie is agriculture, including grain production and wool growing.
Home of the world famous comediansThe Nelson Twins.
The first published details of an Australian rules football club in Walbundrie was in 1906 when they played a match against Corowa Football Club in Corowa.[1]
As of 2022 Australian rules football and netball are the most popular sport in Walbundrie and the club plays in the Hume Football League, fielding four football teams and five netball under the merged club's name of Rand - Walbundrie Walla Giants Football and Netball Club. The Rand Walbundrie Walla Giants FNC is a Sports Club formed after the amalgamation between the Rand Walbundrie Tigers & the Walla Hoppers in 2016.