 Transport links assisted the development of the Riverina economy , at the same time areas of the region found themselves under threat from robbery and murder by various bushrangers . Between 1862 and 1865 , the eastern Riverina between Wagga Wagga and Albury saw the depredations of Dan " Mad Dog " Morgan . Having previously been convicted of armed robbery , Morgan came to the attention to authorities in the Riverina when he bailed up a police magistrate , Henry Baylis , near Urana in 1863 . In 1864 , Morgan bailed up Round Hill station , a large sheep farm near Morven , killing a station hand . Later that year , the bushranger shot dead a policeman in cold blood near <unk> . The reward placed on his head reached £ 1 @,@ 000 before , in April 1865 , he was shot dead near Wangaratta , Victoria . 
