Wallaroo is a rural locality in New South Wales close to the Australian Capital Territory. It lies north of the Australian Capital Territory border, north west of

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, west of the

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, and east of the

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. It is approximately 19 kilometres north-west of the Australian city of

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. At the , it had a population of 707. The cadastral unit in the area is known as Wallaroo Parish. Between 1981–1990, the

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constructed the St. Sava

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at Wallaroo. Established as the headquarters of the

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, the church is modeled on the

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, built in the 15th century.

Namesakes

There is also a Wallaroo Parish, near

Dubbo Dubbo () is a city in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre in the Orana region, with a population of 43,516 at June 2021. The city is located at the intersection of the Newell, Mitchell, and Gol ...

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that is not near this locality (approximately 350 kilometres away). There is also a

Wallaroo Wallaroo is a common name for several species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies. The word "wallaroo" is from the Dharug ''walaru'', and not a portmanteau of the words "kangaroo" and "wal ...

in South Australia.

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Localities in New South Wales Yass Valley Council {{SouthernTablelands-geo-stub