Corryong

Corryong is a small rural town in the Towong Shire of north-eastern Victoria, Australia, near the New South Wales border and the western edge of Kosciuszko National Park. Set in the upper Murray River valley beneath the Snowy Mountains, it serves as a service centre for farming and tourism. It is notable for its association with Jack Riley and Banjo Paterson's poem The Man from Snowy River, and for access to alpine, river and bush landscapes.

Visitors can expect a quiet country town centre with heritage buildings, shops, cafes and the Corryong Visitor Information Centre on Hanson Street. The town is set in a broad valley surrounded by farmland, forested hills and the Snowy Mountains. Visitors can explore the Man from Snowy River Museum, local parks and memorials, and use the town as a base for driving, fishing on the upper Murray River, bushwalking and scenic touring in nearby national parks.

Corryong developed from the 1870s as a pastoral service town in the upper Murray district. It is closely associated with Jack Riley (1841-1914), a high country stockman buried in Corryong Cemetery who is widely regarded as the inspiration for Banjo Paterson's 1890 poem The Man from Snowy River. The town retains heritage buildings and collections reflecting high country grazing and alpine settlement history.

Corryong is recognised as the home of The Man from Snowy River legend and high country pastoral culture. The Man from Snowy River Museum and the annual Man from Snowy River Bush Festival celebrate bush poetry, horsemanship and alpine heritage that are central to local community identity and Victorian high country folklore.