New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of :Australia.
 It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west.
 Its coast borders the Tasman Sea to the east.
 The Australian Capital Territory is an enclave within the state.
 New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city.
 In March 2014 , the estimated population of New South Wales was 7.5 million, making it Australia's most populous state.
 Just under two-thirds of the state's population, 4.67 million, live in the Greater Sydney area.
 Inhabitants of New South Wales are referred to as "New South Welshmen".
Bendeela is a historical locality near the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Shoalhaven City Council.
 It is located to the west of Kangaroo Valley.
The Gila River Valley is a multi-sectioned valley of the Gila River, mostly in Arizona.
 The Gila River forms in western New Mexico and flows west across southern-eastern, south-central, and southwestern Arizona; it changes directions across the state, and defines specific areas and valleys.
 The central portion of the river flows on the southern Phoenix valley region-(where Phoenix, in the "Salt River Valley" joins the Gila River Valley), and the final sections in southwestern Arizona form agricultural, irrigated smaller valleys within the Gila River valley, (for example Dome Valley, Mohawk Valley, and Hyder Valley).
Oakes Oval (known prior to 1957 as the Recreation Ground) is a cricket ground in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.
 The first recorded match on the ground came in 1934 when Richmond River Colts played New South Wales Colts.
 The ground held matches in the 1978 and 1979 World Series Cricket.
 It held its first first-class match in 1979 when New South Wales played Queensland in the Sheffield Shield.
 The next first-class match to be staged there came in 1991 when New South Wales played the touring Indians.
 A further first-class match was held there in the 2006 Pura Cup between New South Wales and Victoria.
 A single List A match has been played there, which came in 1992 when New South Wales played the touring West Indians.
Bendeela Pondage, completed in 1972, is an earth and rockfill embankment dam structure located on the Kangaroo River arm of Lake Yarrunga in New South Wales, Australia.
 It is located between Fitzroy Falls Dam and Tallowa Dam.
 The pondage, part of the Shoalhaven Scheme, functions as a buffer storage for out-of-balance flow between the two dams during hydro-electric power generation or water pumping at Kangaroo Valley and Bendeela pumping and power stations.
 The dam has no significant catchment but has been provided with a weir type spillway to protect the dam in the event of operational problems at the two pumping and power stations.
 The embankment is 15 m high and 2118 m in length.
 At 100% capacity, the dam wall holds back approximately 1200 ML .
New South Wales wine is Australian wine produced in New South Wales, Australia.
 New South Wales is Australia's most populous state and its wine consumption far outpaces the region's wine production.
 The Hunter Valley, located 130 km north of Sydney, is the most well-known wine region but the majority of the state's production takes place in the Big Rivers zone-Perricoota, Riverina and along the Darling and Murray Rivers.
 The wines produced from the Big Rivers zone are largely used in box wine and mass-produced wine brands such as Yellow Tail.
 A large variety of grapes are grown in New South Wales, including Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Shiraz and Sémillon.
Kangaroo Valley is a river valley along the Kangaroo River in the Shoalhaven region of New South Wales, Australia, located west of the seaside in the City of Shoalhaven.
 It is also the name of the small township within it, formerly known as Osborne, with a population of 879 in the 2016 census .
 The township is accessed by the Moss Vale Road, which links Moss Vale to the Princes Highway at Bomaderry a little north of Nowra.
The Division of Riverina is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
 It is located in South-West rural New South Wales, generally following the Murrumbidgee River valley.
 The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first federal election.
 The division was named after the Riverina region in which it is located.
 The division covers a primarily agricultural area.
The rufous rat-kangaroo ("Aepyprymnus rufescens"), more commonly known as the rufous bettong, is a small marsupial species of the family Potoroidae found in Australia.
 It is found in coastal and subcoastal regions from Newcastle in New South Wales to Cooktown in Queensland, and was formerly found in the Murray River Valley of New South Wales and Victoria.
 It is not classified as threatened.
 The rufous bettong is about the size of a full grown rabbit.
Mungindi is a town and locality on the border of New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland, Australia.
 The town is within Moree Plains Shire in New South Wales and within the Shire of Balonne in Queensland.
 Within Queensland, the locality is split between the Shire of Balonne (the western part) and the Goondiwindi Region (eastern part).
 It possesses a New South Wales postcode.
 Mungindi sits on the Carnarvon Highway and straddles the Barwon River which is the border between New South Wales and Queensland.
 At the 2011 census , Mungindi had a population of 738 on the New South Wales side.
 The population on the Queensland side is now included in Thallon, which had a population, including the surrounding area, of 382.

Question: Bendeela, New South Wales is west of the river valley in what region?
Answer: Shoalhaven