Riverina
The Riverina is an inland region in the south of New South Wales, producing a good deal of the nation's agriculture.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Wagga Wagga and Griffith.
Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga, the largest inland city in New South Wales, with a population of around 56,000 people, is located on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River. The city is universally referred to as Wagga.
Griffith
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Griffith is a city in the southwestern Riverina region of New South Wales. Griffith is a city of immigration and irrigation. Developed by Italian immigrants after the Second World War, watered by the Murrumbidgee and the Snowy Mountains Scheme, Griffith is an agricultural centre for fruits, wines, and rice.
Albury-Wodonga
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Albury-Wodonga is a twin city straddling the Murray River border of the two south-eastern Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria. Albury is the city on the New South Wales bank of the river, Wodonga the Victorian city on the southern bank.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Tocumwal and Narrandera.
Tocumwal
Tocumwal is in New South Wales, Australia. The town is on the Murray River and marks the southern end of the Newell Highway on the direct route between Brisbane and Melbourne.
Narrandera
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Narrandera, until around 1949 also spelled "Narandera", is a town located in the central Riverina region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The town lies on the junction of the Newell and Sturt highways, adjacent to the Murrumbidgee River, and it is considered the gateway to the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.
Gundagai
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Gundagai is a small town in the Riverina region of the Australian state of New South Wales. Gundagai is situated on the Murrumbidgee River, some 390 km south-west of Sydney.
Leeton
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Leeton is a town in the heart of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area in the Riverina region of New South Wales. It is one of Burley Griffin's three main planned cities, along with Canberra and Griffith.
Cootamundra
Cootamundra is a small town in New South Wales, Australia. Cootamundra has a long history from the time of the Wiradjuri people. Cootamundra derives its name from their word for turtle, 'guudhamang.' Graziers came and settled in the area in 1830s.
Junee
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Junee is a medium-sized town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town's prosperity and mixed services economy is based on a combination of agriculture, rail transport, light industry and government services, and in particular correctional services.
Hay
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Hay is a rural town of about 3000 people, with several motels and many country pubs, at the intersection of three major highways on the main route from Sydney to Adelaide, making it a good place for a stop on a long road trip.
Young
Young is a small city of 10,610 in the Riverina of New South Wales famous for it stone fruit growing - cherries, peaches and plums. Young is a regional centre and easy day trip from Canberra, or a diversion of the Hume Highway.
Corowa
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Corowa is a border town between New South Wales and Victoria. Located on the Murray River Lake Mulwala and the Rutherglen Wine Regions are dominant features for the local area.
Tarcutta
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Tarcutta is a town in south-western New South Wales, Australia. The town is 438 kilometres south-west of Sydney, 3 kilometres east of the Hume Highway, It was proclaimed as a village on 28 October 1890.
Coleambally
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Coleambally is a small town in the Riverina of New South Wales, Australia, in Murrumbidgee Local Government Area. Coleambally is one of the newest towns in the state of New South Wales, officially opened in June 1968, with the Post Office opening on 1 April 1970.
Lockhart
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Lockhart is a town in the Riverina Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the location of the Lockhart Shire Council. At the 2016 census, Lockhart had a population of 818 people.
Holbrook
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Holbrook is a service town on the Hume Highway in Southern New South Wales best known for the decommissioned submarine that stands next to the highway in the centre of the town.
Henty
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Henty is a town in southwestern New South Wales close to the boundaries of the South West Slopes and the Riverina districts, almost midway between the regional cities of Albury and Wagga Wagga. At the 2006 census, Henty had a population of 863 people.
Whitton
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Whitton is a small country town in the heart of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area in the Riverina region of New South Wales.
Urana
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Urana is a small town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is in the Federation Council local government area. Urana is located between Lockhart and Jerilderie, about 561 kilometres southwest of the state capital, Sydney.
Darlington Point
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Darlington Point is a small town on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River in the central Riverina district of western New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Murrumbidgee Council local government area.
Tooleybuc
Tooleybuc is a town in the western Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located on the Mallee Highway, 919 kilometres southwest of the state capital, Sydney and 381 kilometres north west of Melbourne.
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Riverina
- Type: Area
- Description: region of New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as: “Riverina biogeographic region” and “Riverina bioregion”
- Categories: region and bioregion
- Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Riverina” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ريفيرينا”
- Armenian: “Ռիվերինա”
- Bulgarian: “Риверайна”
- Chinese: “Riverina”
- Chinese: “瑞福利纳 (新南威尔士州)”
- Chinese: “瑞福利纳”
- Chinese: “里弗里纳”
- Czech: “Riverina”
- Dutch: “Riverina”
- Esperanto: “Riverina”
- French: “Riverina”
- German: “Riverina”
- Indonesian: “Riverina”
- Italian: “Riverina”
- Japanese: “リヴェリナ”
- Japanese: “リバリーナ”
- Japanese: “リベライナ”
- Japanese: “リベリナ”
- Persian: “ریورینا”
- Portuguese: “Riverina”
- Russian: “Риверина”
- Spanish: “Riverina”
- Venetian: “Reverina”
- Vietnamese: “Riverina”
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