 Aboriginal people are thought to have inhabited the Riverina for at least 40 @,@ 000 years . The Wiradjuri people were the original inhabitants of much of south western New South Wales including much of the Riverina region along the Murrumbidgee and Lachlan rivers . Other groups living along the Murrumbidgee included the Nari @-@ Nari on the western plains where the town of Hay , the <unk> @-@ <unk> along the <unk> , <unk> and the <unk> @-@ <unk> of Oxley . Along both sides of the Murray River lived the <unk> <unk> people inhabiting the area of the Riverina as far east as the present day city of Albury and as far north as the Finley and Deniliquin districts . The Murray was also home to other groups such as the <unk> , <unk> @-@ <unk> , <unk> @-@ <unk> , Wadi @-@ Wadi , Dadi @-@ Dadi and <unk> communities . 
