The region hosted an internment camp for people of Japanese,German and Italian origin or descent during World War II. This camp was based at Loveday and little remains to testify to its existence.
Agriculture
The region grows about half of South Australia's grapes, and 90% of the citrus and stone fruit. Most major Australian wine companies source a significant amount of bulk wine from the Riverland. The Agriculture industry is the largest employer in the area.
The Riverland is also a significant almond growing region.
The US has rejected accusations that it was behind the failed military coup attempt in Turkey and said such public insinuations are harmful to our bilateral relations. Secretary of StateJohn Kerry called his Turkish counterpart yesterday to offer US support in the wake of a failed coup and protest claims that US had backed it ... ....
Hundreds of women are murdered in Pakistan for honor every year. On Friday, Pakistani model and social media celebrity Qandeel Balock was killed by one of her brothers, police said. Balock was spending the Ed holiday with her family and had travelled from Karachi to Muzaffarabad village in central Punjab province. She was asleep, police said, when one of her six brothers strangled Baloch to death in the family’s home... ....
PARIS. The man behind the truck attack that killed at least 84 people celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice had recently been radicalised, French Prime MinisterManuel Valls said in remarks published on Sunday. Thursday night’s attack in the Riviera city of Nice plunged France into new grief and fear just eight months after gunmen killed 130 people in Paris... SECURITY FAILURES? ... ... ....
RepublicanU.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump (R) applauds and Indiana GovernorMike Pence waves as Pence's daughter Charlotte looks on at a press event held to introduce Pence as Trump's running mate in New York, U.S., July 16, 2016. (Reuters) - In 1990, during a close and bitter congressional race, Mike Pence came under attack for using campaign funds to pay for personal expenses, including his mortgage and credit card bills ... ....
Receding glaciers, volatile weather, and rapid greenhouse gas accumulation all point towards human-induced climate change. In fact, 97 percent of published reports agree that climate change is fuelled by manmade greenhouse gases. But while there is overwhelming consensus within the scientific community, climate change remains a contentious topic in politics in the United States... Politicians fall into two camps ... Source. Al Jazeera ... ....
Six decades on from one of South Australia's worst natural disasters, people in the Riverland reflect on when they almost lost their towns to flooding, and express hope there will be no repeat of such a disaster ... ....
Remembering the 1956 floods Irrigators battling dry conditions and limited water allocations in South Australia's Riverland are this week reflecting on the 1956 great flood, still considered one of the worst in the state's history ... ....
So many characters. So many locations. So many new and interesting words ("Warging? What the eff is warging?") ... 1 ... Sort of. 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... Arya meeting Melisandre Remember this brief encounter? Travelling to the Riverlands in search of Gendry (more on him later), the Red Priestess happened upon budding sociopath Arya and seemed rather shaken by their meeting. "I see a darkness in you ... ....
(Source. WGGA - Winegrape Growers' Australia) ... VinSites tool to support growers with decision-making. VinSites is a web-based tool developed by WineAustralia to allow grape and wine producers to ... VinSites will 'go live'in the Riverland and Western Australia in August 2016 and will be a free tool for grape growers and winemakers. To learn more visit the Wine Australia website ... Applications close Friday 8th July 2016. Read More ...Stand 1232A....
A cuddle cot for stillborn babies has been donated to the RiverlandGeneral Hospital by an Adelaide family who turned their own loss into an opportunity to support other parents ... ....
Foodfest is coming. Last Sunday, July 2, Moscow’s HermitageGarden turned into King’s Landing as the park played host to the “Ren-TV Game of Thrones” food festival ... Dacha and the city. Where to feel out of Moscow without leaving Moscow ... Guests had the chance to try food from the North, the Riverlands, Dorne, the Iron Islands, King’s Landing, the Vale, the Reach and the coach of the Narrow Sea ... Dine at Mr ... 19 ... ....