High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wallabadah is a village in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located 50 kilometres south of Tamworth on the New England Highway and is in the Liverpool Plains Shire. At the 2006 census, Wallabadah had a population of 746. The town's name is derived from an aboriginal word meaning 'stone'.Wallabadah has a primary school, a pub and one shop. Australia's first country racing club was established at Wallabadah in 1852 and the Wallabadah Cup is still held on New Year's Day (the current racecourse was built in 1898).