Savernake, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Savernake
state = nsw


caption = The entry to Savernake approaching from Berrigan.
lga = Corowa Shire Council
postcode = 2646
est =
pop =
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
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county = Denison
stategov = Albury
fedgov = Farrer
dist1 = 13
location1= Rennie
dist2 = 26
location2= Berrigan
dist3 = 292
location3= Melbourne
dist4 = 641
location4= Sydney

Savernake is a village and rural community in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The village is located on the Riverina Highway, east of Berrigan, and in the Corowa Shire Council Local Government Area.

The village consists of a hall, primary school, a now abandoned shop and a few houses. The hall is used from time to time by the HotHouse theatre group, based in Albury-Wodonga, for small touring theatrical productions. [ [http://www.hothousetheatre.com.au/touring/index.htm HotHouse Theatre] - Touring. Retrieved 19 January 2007.]

The main agricultural products of the area include sheep (for meat and wool), beef cattle, dryland cropping and pig production as well as some irrigated rice production. [ [http://www.cse.csiro.au/research/SAND/Resources/AgFacts.pdf CSIRO] - SAND research project - Agriculture in the Savernake region. Retrieved 19 January 2007.]

The Savernake area has been part of a CSIRO project to understand the role of remnant woodlands in agricultural landscapes. [ [http://www.cse.csiro.au/research/SAND/sand_project.htm#region CSIRO] SAND research project. Retrieved 19 January 2007.]

External links

* [http://www.corowa.nsw.gov.au/ Corowa Shire Council] - Official Website.

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