Mayrung, New South Wales
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Mayrung is a community in the central part of the Riverina
and situated about 55 kilometres east from Pretty Pine
and 40 kilometres north east from Deniliquin.
The Wiradjuri
Aborigines, who inhabited the district prior to white settlement, called it 'Carawatha', which is thought to mean 'place of pines'. Mayrung is situated within the Berriquin Irrigation Area which supplies wool, wheat, fat lambs, rice, dairy products, vegetables, cereals, cattle and pigs.
Riverina
The Riverina is an agricultural region of south-western New South Wales , Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply of water for irrigation. This combination has allowed the Riverina to develop...
and situated about 55 kilometres east from Pretty Pine
Pretty Pine, New South Wales
Pretty Pine is a community in the central part of the Riverina and situated about 17 kilometres south from Wanganella and 18 kilometres north west from Deniliquin....
and 40 kilometres north east from Deniliquin.
The Wiradjuri
Wiradjuri
The Wiradjuri are an Indigenous Australian group of central New South Wales.In the 21st century, major Wiradjuri groups live in Condobolin, Peak Hill, Narrandera and Griffith...
Aborigines, who inhabited the district prior to white settlement, called it 'Carawatha', which is thought to mean 'place of pines'. Mayrung is situated within the Berriquin Irrigation Area which supplies wool, wheat, fat lambs, rice, dairy products, vegetables, cereals, cattle and pigs.