Mayrung, New South Wales

Mayrung is a community in the central part of the Riverina about 45 kilometres east of Pretty Pine and 35 kilometres north-east of Deniliquin.

Mayrung
New South Wales
Mayrung Public School
Postcode(s)2710
Location
  • 45 km (28 mi) from Pretty Pine
  • 35 km (22 mi) from Deniliquin
LGA(s)Edward River Council
CountyTownsend
State electorate(s)Murray
Federal Division(s)Farrer

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.[1]

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