Walwa

History

A Post Office first opened on 1 March 1861 and closed in 1865. A Post Office again opened on 1 December 1885, although known as Walwa Creek from 1886 until 1905. Currently, the Walwa Post Office is owned and operated by Belinda Mann, and services the areas of Walwa, Burrowye, Guys Forrest and Sandy Creek. The First Nations owners of this country are the Dhudhuroa people, whose language was spoken in the Murray River Valley from Albury to around Welaregang and Corryong, and inland along the lower Mitta Mitta River, Tallangatta Creek and parts of the Kiewa Valley. Walwa Hotel was first built in the 1870s. The original timber hotel was burnt down in the 1930s and rebuilt from locally made bricks. The "Old Brick Kiln" remains can still be seen on the Eastern side of the township. The remnants of the Tin Mines are evident on the Western side of Walwa. Walwa also had a Butter Factory but closed in the 1970s. There was a large dairy industry in the district. On the 30th of March 2026, Desmond Christopher Filby, also known as Dezi Bird Freeman, the primary suspect in the August 2025 Porepunkah police shootings, was shot dead by police on a property near Walwa.

Most-observed species

• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  255
• swamp wallaby

  Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) · Mammalia
  236
• Red-necked Wallaby

  Notamacropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817) · Mammalia
  204
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

  Cacatua galerita (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  177
• Superb Fairywren

  Malurus cyaneus (Ellis, 1782) · Aves
  175
• sambar

  Rusa unicolor (Kerr, 1792) · Mammalia
  175
• Crimson Rosella

  Platycercus elegans (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  166
• Gray Fantail

  Rhipidura albiscapa Gould, 1840 · Aves
  162

Most recent

• M 3 — 2003-09-26
  53 km SSE of Corryong, Australia
• M 3 — 2003-05-17
  8 km NW of Kosciuszko National Park, Australia
• M 3.2 — 2003-01-25
  2 km NNE of Jindera, Australia
• M 2.6 — 2002-10-23
  11 km SW of Batlow, Australia
• M 2.7 — 2002-07-30
  11 km S of Kosciuszko National Park, Australia
• M 2.8 — 2002-04-08
  31 km SE of Batlow, Australia