A central Riverina service centre that is surrounded by rivers and lagoons, Deniliquin town lies at the centre of four irrigation districts, the largest area under irrigation in Australia.

Where is it?: Deniliquin is located at the intersection of the Riverina and Cobb Highway approximately 725 km south west of Sydney, 285 km north of Melbourne, 78 km north of Echuca on the banks of the Edward River.

Events: Deniliquin Easter Festival features a street parade, tennis championships, a Rotary Art Exhibition, a rodeo and both golf and bowls championships. A major ball is held at Conargo on New Year's Eve.

As the largest town in the south western Riverina, there is a range of government and commercial services to residents of the town and the surrounding area.


Deniliquin is home to the Play on the Plains Festival held each September/October on the New South Wales Labour Day long weekend. The festival includes the famous Deniliquin Ute Muster. Deniliquin markets itself as the Utility Capital of the World.

Things To See and Do

Australian Ricegrower's Cooperative Mill is the largest rice mill in the southern hemisphere with a milling capacity of 50 tonnes per hour. It has a visitor's centre open weekdays 9.30-12 and 2-4, which looks at the process of growing and milling.

St Andrew's Uniting Church (1871) is a finely detailed heritage-listed building constructed of the red brick characteristic of the Deniliquin area. Designed in the Free Gothic Style, the Church features a window that replicates Da Vinci's 'The Last Supper'.

Heritage features: The Peppin Heritage Centre; Court House (1883-87); Town Hall (1876); former Globe Hotel (1860s); Council Building (c.1900); Pastoral Times newspaper building(; Gillespie's Building; former Morago homestead (1861).