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The name "Riverine", coined from the province of Entre Rios (between two rivers) in South America, was in use as early as 1857. A long letter under the caption 'Riverine Colony" appeared in the Border Post of January 24, 1857.
".to the west, in the midst of the great rivers of the continent, is the Riverina of New South Wales".
Australia's "Garden of Eden" is the Riverina. The region is located 600 kilometres west of Sydney and 500 kilometres north of Melbourne.