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The home of the largest dried fruits packing house in Australia. Location: 14 km from Mildura on the Calder Highway. Origin of name: takes its name from the distinctive colour of the 70 m cliffs which flank the eastern reaches of the town. Brief history: first opened up as a resettlement area for returned soldiers in 1820 who were granted land to develop irrigated farms. Natural features: Murray River; Iraak Lake; Gol Gol Lake; Fletchers Lake; Lake Mournpall; Wallpolla Island Built features: Sunbeam Dried Fruits;Pumping station of irrigation scheme; irrigation channels; Reptile Park & Zoo; Orange World. Heritage features: Aboriginal middens on the banks of the Murray River |