State of Riverina

The State of Riverina is a proposed state of Australia, to be formed out of the current Riverina region in New South Wales and Victoria.

Support for separation of the Riverina from the rest of New South Wales dates back to the 19th century. Following World War I, a Riverina New State League operated from 1921 to 1923.^[1] The Riverina Movement was one of a number of new state movements that emerged in Australia in the 1920s.^[2]

Riverina Movement

Badge of the Riverina Movement

The Riverina Movement was a short-lived movement that advocated the creation of the State of Riverina.^[3][4][5]

The official launch of the movement occurred at a riverside rally in Wagga Wagga on 28 February 1931.^[6]

An official badge was created for the movement, based on the Australian Army's Rising Sun badge with the addition of an Australian flag emblazoned with a capital "R" for Riverina. The badges, manufactured by Angus & Coote, were sold by the movement's women's auxiliary.^[7]

At the 1932 New South Wales state election, six members of the Riverina Movement were elected to state parliament - five Country Party MLA's, one United Australia Party MLA, and one Country Party MLC. Hardy was elected to the Senate at the 1931 federal election.^[8]

Riverina State Party

Riverina State Party
Abbreviation	RSP
Leader	David Landini
Founder	David Landini
Founded	1 December 2018
Split from	National Party
Headquarters	Riverina, New South Wales
Ideology	Riverina statehood
Politics of New South Wales

The Riverina State Party (RSP) is an Australian political party founded in support of the creation of a State of Riverina.

The party was founded in 2018 by David Landini, a former National Party member who also served briefly as a Wakool Shire councillor in 2016.^[9]

Landini received 2.07% of the vote in the seat of Murray at the 2019 New South Wales state election, running on behalf of the RSP. He increased his vote to 2.40% at the 2023 state election.^[10][11]

As of October 2023, the party is in the process with registering with the New South Wales Electoral Commission.^[12]

References

1. Blacklow, Nancy (1992). Regional Support for Riverina New State Movements in the 1920s and 1930s (BA (Honours) thesis). Charles Sturt University. p. 176.
2. Hawker, Geoffrey (2004). "Hardy, Charles (1898–1941)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Vol. 2. Melbourne University Press.
3. "Riverina Movement". Daily Advertiser. 22 June 1931. Retrieved 30 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "The Riverina Movement (1931-32)". Charles Sturt University. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
5. Maddison, Michelle (2005). "Senator Charles Hardy and the Riverina Movement". Museum of the Riverina. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
6. Logan, James. "The Riverina Movement (1931-32)". Regional Records On-Line Guide. Charles Sturt University Regional Archives. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
7. "Riverina Movement badge". Noble Numismatics. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
8. Blacklow 1992, p. 189.
9. "Riverina State movement aims for seats by next year". The Riverine Grazier.
10. LA First Preference: Murray, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission.
11. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Murray, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission.
12. "Landini wants Riverina to have authority over region's natural resources". Riverine Herald.