Wallendbeen is a small town in southern New South Wales, Australia, administered by Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council. At the , Wallendbeen and the surrounding area had a population of 305. The town's name is derived from an aboriginal word for "stony hill". The town is located on the intersection of the Olympic Highway and the Burley Griffin Way and on the Sydney–Melbourne railway, opened to Wallendbeen in 1877. Wheat is an important industry for the area. It has a fine oval, which has supported a cricket club since 1887. The Wallendbeen Cricket Club was last captained by Tom Grace, the third generation of his family to hold the title. Wallendbeen Post Office opened on 1 July 1885. The Baldry Shield, a sports carnival for small primary schools in the area, is held in Wallendbeen annually. From 1895 to 1935 the town had its own local government, the

Municipality of Wallendbeen A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

, with its own municipal council and mayor. It was eventually absorbed into

Jindalee Shire Jindalee Shire was a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Jindalee Shire was proclaimed on 7 March 1906 as Cowcumballa Shire, one of 134 shires created after the passing of the ''Local Government (Shires) A ...

and

Demondrille Shire Demondrille Shire was a local government area in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire was established on 7 March 1906 and its offices were based in the town of Murrumburrahbut the Harden-Murrumburrah urban area w ...

. It is now becoming a

dormitory suburb A commuter town is a populated area that is primarily residential rather than commercial or industrial. Routine travel from home to work and back is called commuting, which is where the term comes from. A commuter town may be called by many o ...

Cootamundra Cootamundra, nicknamed Coota, is a town in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia and within the Riverina. It is within the Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council. At the 2016 Census, Cootamundra had a population of 6,782. ...

Notable residents

Kenneth Mackay (Australian politician) Major-General James Alexander Kenneth Mackay, (5 June 1859 – 16 November 1935), usually known as Kenneth Mackay, was an Australian soldier and politician. __TOC__ Personal life Born at Wallendenbeen station near Wallendbeen, the second so ...

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