Walbundrie
Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Walbundrie Template:IPAc-en is a village in the eastern Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. The village is located Script error: No such module "convert". south-west of the state capital, Sydney and Script error: No such module "convert". north of Melbourne. Situated on the bank of the Billabong Creek, at the Template:CensusAU, Walbundrie had a population of 156.[1] 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.[2]
The major industry in and around Walbundrie is agriculture, including grain production and wool growing.
Sport and Recreation
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.[3]
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.
- Walbundrie Football Association.
This Australian rules football competition existed for one season only and in 1914 it consisted of the following clubs - Bulgandra, Burrumbuttock, Walbundrie and Walla. Bulgandra: 5.4 – 34 defeated Walla: 4.8 – 32 in the grand final.[4]
Gallery
-
Entering Walbundrie
-
Walbundrie Hotel
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Greater Hume Shire Council - Official site
Script error: No such module "Navbox". Script error: No such module "Navbox".