{{Short description|Pastoral lease in the Northern Territory}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Location map|Northern Territory|label=Riveren |position=right |lat_deg=17.904|lat_dir=S |lon_deg=130.227|lon_dir=E |caption=Location in the Northern Territory}} {{coord|17.904|S|130.227|E|type:landmark_region:AU|name=Riveren|display=title}}
'''Riveren Station''' is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Situated approximately {{convert|84|km|mi|0}} north west of Lajamanu and {{convert|83|km|mi|0}} south west of Daguragu in the Victoria River district, the property was originally part of Inverway Station, which was carved up into Inverway, Bunda and Riveren Stations.<ref name=ABC1/> All of the holdings are situated in the headwaters of the Victoria River.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/landline/old-site/content/2014/s4068595.htm|title=Northern Frontier|date=17 August 2014|accessdate=28 December 2018|work=Landline|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> The property shares a boundary with Inverway to the east, Limbunya Station to the north, Birrindudu to the south and the Daguragu Aboriginal Land Trust to the east.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitac.org.au/wp-content/documents2/Part_B_Checklist/4._NT_Pastoral_Map_June_2013.pdf|title=Northern Territory Pastoral Properties|year=2003|accessdate=5 April 2015|publisher=Northern Territory Government|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409202959/http://pitac.org.au/wp-content/documents2/Part_B_Checklist/4._NT_Pastoral_Map_June_2013.pdf|archivedate=9 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
The country is a mix of black soil plains covered with pastures of Mitchell grass, Queensland blue and silky brown top grasses. The red dirt country supports stands of spinifex.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/news/agriculture/property/general-news/nt-icons-inverway-and-riveren-go-under-hammer-in-july/2551557.aspx|title=NT icons Inverway and Riveren go under hammer in July|date=14 May 2012|accessdate=5 December 2014|work=Queensland Country Life|publisher=Fairfax Media|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209040357/http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/news/agriculture/property/general-news/nt-icons-inverway-and-riveren-go-under-hammer-in-july/2551557.aspx|archivedate=9 December 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
The station occupies an area of {{convert|3016|km2|sqmi|0}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-06/wa-sandalwood-company-buys-midway-station-nt/3813860|title=WA sandalwood company buys Territory station|author=Kristy O'Brien|date=8 February 2014|accessdate=4 December 2014|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> and in 2012 was carrying a mixed herd of approximately 23,000 cattle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/110712/australia___cattle_staions_passed_in_.aspx|title=Australia - Cattle stations passed in|date=20 July 2012|accessdate=4 December 2014|publisher=Meat Trade News Daily|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208045213/http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/110712/australia___cattle_staions_passed_in_.aspx|archivedate=8 December 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Mick and Georgia Underwood sold the property in a private sale along with Inverway Station in 2013 to the Indonesian company Japfa Santori<ref name=ABC2/> for an estimated {{AUD}}35 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.farmweekly.com.au/news/agriculture/agribusiness/general-news/cpc-buys-bunda-for-close-to-15m/2718644.aspx?storypage=0|title=CPC buys Bunda for close to $15m|author=Matthew Cranston|date=1 December 2014|accessdate=4 December 2014|work=Farm Weekly|publisher=Fairfax Media|archive-date=10 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210133539/http://www.farmweekly.com.au/news/agriculture/agribusiness/general-news/cpc-buys-bunda-for-close-to-15m/2718644.aspx?storypage=0|url-status=dead}}</ref> The decision came following live export ban on livestock by the Gillard government in 2011.<ref name=ABC2>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-17/nt-cattle-stations-sold-as-live-export-fall-out-lingers/5673468|title=Live cattle: Northern Territory stations changing hands as fallout from 2011 export ban continues|author=Ginny Stein|date=5 October 2014|accessdate=3 December 2014|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> The station had been passed in at auction in 2012 for {{AUD}}19 million.<ref name=ABC1>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-02/inverway-riveren-sale/4994080|title=Indonesian company buys NT properties|author=Carl Curtain|date=3 October 2013|accessdate=4 December 2014|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref>
Terry Underwood wrote about Riveren in her memoirs, ''In The Middle of Nowhere'' and ''Riveren: My home, Our country''.
==See also== *List of ranches and stations
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Stations in the Northern Territory