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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K

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                                 CURRENT REPORT


     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 30, 2009
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                       GOLDEN RIVER RESOURCES CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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       Delaware                     0-16097                     98-007697
(State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission               (I.R.S. Employer
     of Incorporation)             File Number)           Identification No.)

         Level 8, 580 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria Australia 3004
               (Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

                                 61-3-8532-2860
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                                       N/A
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
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Item 1.01:      Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Private Placement of Shares of Common Stock

           Effective September 30, 2009, the Company and Northern Capital
Resources Corp closed the second tranche of the private placement by the issue
of 9,290,000 shares of common stock at a purchase price of US$0.10 per share for
aggregate proceeds of US$929,000. The proceeds were utilized to make the next
subscription for shares in Acadian Mining Corporation. The Private Placement was
made to and was affected pursuant to the terms of a Subscription Agreement dated
September 3, 2009 that was filed on Form 8-K on September 3, 2009.

           For more information regarding the Company's investment in Acadian,
please see the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed March 20, 2009 and
June 10, 2009, which is incorporated herein by reference. The Company's current
holding in Acadian is 57.1% of the issued and outstanding shares of Acadian.


Item 3.02:      Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

         The description of the Private Placement set forth above is hereby
incorporated herein by reference to the Form 8-K filed on September 30, 2009.
The securities that are being issued pursuant to this Private Placement are
being issued in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act") under section 4(2) of the Act
and under Regulation S and D promulgated under the Act.




                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                               GOLDEN RIVER RESOURCES CORPORATION (Company)

                                  By:






                                         /s/ Peter Lee
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                                         Peter Lee
                                         Secretary


Dated: October 1, 2009