Pallamallawa, New South Wales
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Morée
Morée is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.-See also:*Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department...
, in Northwestern New South Wales
New South Wales
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, Australia
Australia
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. It is on the banks of the Gwydir River
Gwydir River
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, two kilometers north of the Gwydir Highway
Gwydir Highway
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between Inverell and Moree
Morée
Morée is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.-See also:*Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department...
. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
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, Pallamallawa had a population of 286 people.
Commonly referred to by locals using the abbreviated name of Pally, the village is a service centre for surrounding agricultural production. The majority of the population was Christian, with Anglicans accounting for nearly half of the population, followed by Catholics and Presbyterians. Around 30% of the population was studying non-school based qualifications. The unemployment rate was 4%.
The region's agriculture industries are diverse and include irrigated crops (such as cotton and pecans), as well as livestock (mostly beef cattle) and cropping (mostly cereals and rotational legumes). The pecan
Pecan
The pecan , Carya illinoinensis, is a species of hickory, native to south-central North America, in Mexico from Coahuila south to Jalisco and Veracruz, in the United States from southern Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, and Indiana east to western Kentucky, southwestern Ohio, North Carolina, South...
industry is now well establishedhttp://www.stahmann.com.au/farms.htm but growth in other novel crops, including olive
Olive
The olive , Olea europaea), is a species of a small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin as well as northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea.Its fruit, also called the olive, is of major agricultural importance in the...
s, demonstrates a high level of innovation in agriculture.
Pallamallawa boasts a number of food and grocery service businesses,such as Tom and Lyn's Pally Cafe, famous across the region for their home made potato scallops and tasty burgers. A local post office with banking facilitieshttp://ww2.whereis.com/mapping/zoomMap.do?mapIndex=1&brandId=5&level=3, a primary schoolhttp://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/locator/?section=showRecord&code=2827, sporting amenities and a local pubhttp://www.totaltravel.com.au/travel/nsw/bigsky/narrabri/listing/hotels/10076651. The School's motto "Strive for Success" has been imparted on a number of famous Australians who have grown up in Pallamallawa, including poet Murray Hartin and light horseman Daniel Daley.
