Riverton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Riverton, a beach town 39km north-west of Invercargill, is the oldest permanent European settlement in Southland and was constituted as a borough on 9 June 1879.

It is found on the south-eastern side of the Jacobs River Estuary and is home to the beautiful Taramea Bay and Riverton Rocks area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About this page

First added: 15 March 2009
Last updated: 6 August 2009

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Invercargill 9840
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