Wallaroo, New South Wales

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 Hall, west of the Barton Highway, and east of the Murrumbidgee River. It is approximately 19 kilometres north-west of the Australian city of Canberra.^[2] At the 2021 census, it had a population of 576.^[1]

Wallaroo New South Wales
Church of St Sava at the New Kalenich Monastery, Wallaroo
Wallaroo
Coordinates	35°08′08″S 149°00′38″E
Population	576 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	2618
Elevation	598 m (1,962 ft)
Location	19 km (12 mi) NW of Canberra 295 km (183 mi) SW of Sydney 47 km (29 mi) S of Yass
LGA(s)	Yass Valley Shire
County	Murray
Parish	Wallaroo
State electorate(s)	Goulburn
Federal division(s)	Riverina
Localities around Wallaroo: Cavan Jeir Springrange Mullion Wallaroo Hall Uriarra Parkwood Belconnen (district)

Aerial view of Wallaroo, from north west with Canberra in the background

The cadastral unit in the area is known as Wallaroo Parish.^[3] Between 1981–1990, the Serbian Orthodox Church constructed the St. Sava monastery at Wallaroo. Established as the headquarters of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Australia and New Zealand, the church is modeled on the Kalenić monastery in Serbia, built in the 15th century.^[4]