Griffith, New South Wales
Griffith is a major regional city in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area that is located in the north-western part of the Riverina region of New South Wales, known commonly as the food bowl of Australia. It is also the seat of the City of Griffith local government area. Like the Australian capital, Canberra, and extensions to the nearby town of Leeton, Griffith was designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin. Griffith was named after Arthur Hill Griffith, the then New South Wales Secretary for Public Works. Griffith was proclaimed a city in 1987, and at the 2021 census had a population of 20,569.
Griffith Court House
Plan of Griffith, 1914
St Alban's Cathedral
Banna Avenue, Griffith's high street
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 into one of the most productive and agriculturally diverse areas of Australia. Bordered on the south by the state of Victoria and on the east by the Great Dividing Range, the Riverina covers those areas of New South Wales in the Murray and Murrumbidgee drainage zones to their confluence in the west.
The Murrumbidgee River at Wagga Wagga
An eagle's nest on The Old Man Plain, an extensive saltbush plain between Hay and Wanganella.
The now demolished Hampden Bridge over the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga Wagga. The new Wiradjuri Bridge is in the background.
The Old Moulamein Wharf, on the Edward River, was constructed in 1908. Moulamein prospered as an inland port until the coming of the railways in 1926.