Walhallow, New South Wales (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walhallow is a village in the North West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia, near the Mooki River. The town is in the south east corner of Gunnedah Shire Council local government area, 370 kilometres (230 mi) north west of the state capital, Sydney and 34 kilometres (21 mi) west of the nearest sizeable town, Quirindi. At the 2006 census, the village with neighbouring Caroona had a population of 179.Walhallow is the site of a former Aboriginal reserve and was previously known as "Caroona" mission. It was first gazetted in 1895 following an application made a year previously to the Aboriginal Protection Board. The initial area gazetted was 150 acres (61 ha) and this was expanded to 230 acres (93 ha) in 1899.The reserve was revoked in 1962 but the residents were permitted to remain under permissive occupancy until 1973 when the land was transferred to the Aboriginal Lands Trust under the Aboriginal Act (NSW) 1973.