Shepparton () (
Yortayorta: ''Kanny-goopna'')
is a city located on the
floodplain
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of the
Goulburn River
The Goulburn River, a major inland perennial river of the Goulburn Broken catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the alpine, Northern Country/North Central, and Southern Riverina regions of the Australian state of Victor ...
in northern
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
,
Australia, approximately north-northeast of
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
. As of the 2021 census, the estimated population of Shepparton, including the adjacent town of
Mooroopna
Mooroopna is a rural town located north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is on the banks of the Goulburn River opposite the larger town of Shepparton. The Midland Highway crosses the river between the two towns. At the 2016 census, Moor ...
, was 68,409.
It began as a
sheep station
A sheep station is a large property ( station, the equivalent of a ranch) in Australia or New Zealand, whose main activity is the raising of sheep for their wool and/or meat. In Australia, sheep stations are usually in the south-east or sout ...
and river crossing in the mid-19th century, before undergoing a major transformation as a
railway town
A railway town, or railroad town, is a settlement that originated or was greatly developed because of a railway station or junction at its site.
North America
During the construction of the First transcontinental railroad in the 1860s, temporar ...
. Today it is an agricultural and manufacturing centre, and the centre of the Goulburn Valley irrigation system, one of the largest centres of
irrigation in Australia
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. It is also a major regional service city and the seat of local government and civic administration for the
City of Greater Shepparton
The City of Greater Shepparton is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of and, in June 2018, had a population of 66,007. It includes the city of Sheppar ...
, which includes the surrounding towns of
Tatura
Tatura is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia, and is situated within the City of Greater Shepparton local government area, north of the state capital (Melbourne) and west of the regional centre of Shepparton. At the ...
,
Merrigum
Merrigum is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. The town is in the City of Greater Shepparton local government area, north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Merrigum had a population of 672.
Merrigum Post Offic ...
,
Mooroopna
Mooroopna is a rural town located north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is on the banks of the Goulburn River opposite the larger town of Shepparton. The Midland Highway crosses the river between the two towns. At the 2016 census, Moor ...
,
Murchison,
Dookie
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,
Toolamba
Toolamba is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. It is in the City of Greater Shepparton local government area, north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Toolamba and the surrounding area had a population of 873 ...
and
Grahamvale.
Toponymy
The name of Shepparton is derived from the surname of one of the area's first European settlers, Sherbourne Sheppard, and not, as is sometimes imagined, from
Shepperton
Shepperton is an urban village in the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, approximately south west of central London. Shepperton is equidistant between the towns of Chertsey and Sunbury-on-Thames. The village is mentioned in a document of 959 AD ...
,
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
.
The Yorta Yorta name for the area is 'Kanny-goopna' with 'goopna' meaning 'deep waterholes by which people camped'. The name for the junction of the Broken and Goulburn rivers is 'Marangan', meaning deep pond or lagoon in an unknown Eastern
Kulin language.
History
Prior to the
European settlement of Australia
European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to:
In general
* ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe
** Ethnic groups in Europe
** Demographics of Europe
** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe a ...
, the area was inhabited by the
Yorta Yorta
The Yorta Yorta, also known as Jotijota, are an Aboriginal Australian people who have traditionally inhabited the area surrounding the junction of the Goulburn and Murray Rivers in present-day north-eastern Victoria and southern New South Wales ...
, the
indigenous Australian
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people whose country covers the junction of the
Goulburn
Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters pate ...
and
Murray River
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s in present-day northern Victoria and southern
New South Wales
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, es ...
.
The town of Shepparton and surrounds are on the country of the Kailtheban clan of th
Yorta Yorta nation
Surveyor General Thomas Mitchell was the first European to be recorded traveling through the area, crossing the Goulburn River in 1836 on his return to
Sydney from an expedition to survey the
Darling River
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ence with the Murray River at Wentworth, New South Wales. Including its long ...
and its tributaries. On Mitchell's recommendation,
Joseph Hawdon and
Charles Bonney would follow two years later, camping on the town site by the Goulburn River in 1838 while
droving
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cattle from
Albury
Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the ...
to
Adelaide
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.
The first permanent settlement in the area was the "
Tallygaroopna"
sheep station
A sheep station is a large property ( station, the equivalent of a ranch) in Australia or New Zealand, whose main activity is the raising of sheep for their wool and/or meat. In Australia, sheep stations are usually in the south-east or sout ...
, established in the early 1840s. By 1843 the station was being run by a man named Sherbourne Sheppard, the town's eventual namesake.
With the advent of the
Victorian gold rush
The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s. It led to a period of extreme prosperity for the Australian colony, and an influx of population growth and financial capit ...
in the 1850s, the area became a popular river crossing point for
miners travelling east from the
Bendigo and
Ballarat goldfields. As there was no bridge across the Goulburn River, Irish entrepreneur Patrick Macguire set up a
punt service to ferry travellers across the river, erecting the town's first building in the process, the punt house. Macguire sold the building to John Hill in 1853, who converted it into a hotel, the Emu Bush Inn. This settlement soon became known as Macguire's Punt, a name it would keep into the 1870s.
A post office opened in February 1854, but closed in July that same year.
The settlement was first
surveyed
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in 1855 by Assistant Surveyor
J.G.W. Wilmot. By this time, in addition to Macguire's Punt, it had also become known as Sheppard town, Sheppardton, and Shepparton.
The post office reopened in May 1858,
and two years later the
Governor of Victoria
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officially declared Shepparton a township on 24 September 1860.
It remained a small settlement of a half-dozen buildings into the 1870s despite adding a police station, a general store, a blacksmith, a foundry, and a public hall which remains the city's oldest building. Shepparton's first bridge over the Goulburn River was completed in 1878 and named Dainton's Bridge after James Henry Dainton, the bridge's chief engineer. The first church, St. Patrick's, opened in 1879.
The
railway from Seymour reached the town in 1880.
A
mechanics institute opened between 1880 and 1888 as Shepparton rapidly developed into a major manufacturing and service center.
During the Victorian railway boom the railways expanded, and by the turn of the century Shepparton was central to a large network of regional branch lines on the
Toolamba–Echuca railway line — lines leading to
Cobram
Cobram is a town in the Australian state of Victoria. It is on the Murray River which forms the border between Victoria and New South Wales. Cobram along with the nearby towns of Numurkah and Yarrawonga is part of Shire of Moira and is the a ...
,
Nathalia,
Dookie
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,
Picola and
Katamatite. Rail-served industries helped Shepparton grow into a city. While these lines experienced a brief boom, almost all of them would later close. The Goulburn River also developed as a secondary transport hub, with
paddle steamer
A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, where the first uses we ...
s and ferries operating at The Barges.
In the post-war era the city's population virtually tripled, with immigration to the city becoming a major factor, particularly migrants from
Italy
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. During the post-war boom of the 1960s and '70s successive local councils began a progress campaign to modernise the city and many older buildings were replaced with newer buildings.
Geography
Climate
Shepparton has a
cold semi-arid climate
A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi-ar ...
(
Köppen climate classification
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: BSk) climate, with hot summers and cool winters. The hottest summer month is January, when the average maximum temperature is . In winter, the weather becomes coldest in July when the minimum averages and the maximum gets to . On
7 February 2009, a maximum of was recorded in the city.
Although the rainfall in Shepparton is fairly sparse, winter sees the most rain days. Rainfall is quite low throughout the year. Even with the wettest month being in November, the rainfall still averages at . The driest month in terms of rainfall is January, which receives an average of .
The average wind speed in Shepparton is 4.03 metres per second.
Urban structure
Central business district
The Maude Street Mall is the city's main shopping centre, while Wyndham Street is the main civic and commercial street. Located off the Maude Street Mall is a tall communications tower, erected 1967–68, with an observation deck at accessible via a 160-step stairway. The observation deck offers views over the city and surrounding countryside.
Suburbs
Shepparton has three nearby towns which could be considered suburbs. They are Mooroopna to the west,
Kialla (and Kialla Lakes house and land
subdivision) to the south, and Shepparton East to the east. Nearby, in the northeast, also lies the locality of
Grahamvale.
Economy
Shepparton's main industries are agriculture and associated manufacturing. Australia's largest processor of canned fruits,
SPC Ardmona
SPC Global Limited, trading as SPC Australia and formerly SPC Ardmona, is an Australian-based company that specialises in large fruit packing and owns and operates a canning factory in Shepparton. SPCA closed its Mooroopna processing plant in ...
, has a production facility in Shepparton. Seasonal fruits, such as peaches, pears and apricots are preserved into a variety of packaging.
The manufacturing industry has evolved to cater for the needs of local primary producers.
Other major manufacturers in the city include
Campbells Soup Company,
Rubicon Water, and
Pental.
Shepparton is a major regional commercial and shopping centre and service economy for the Greater Shepparton area. Major retailers in Shepparton include
Target
Target may refer to:
Physical items
* Shooting target, used in marksmanship training and various shooting sports
** Bullseye (target), the goal one for which one aims in many of these sports
** Aiming point, in field artillery, f ...
,
Kmart
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The company was inc ...
,
Harris Scarfe
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Founded in ...
(formerly Fairleys Department Store),
Bunnings Warehouse
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Bunnings was founded in Perth, Wester ...
,
Rebel
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Rebel or rebels may also refer to:
People
* Rebel (given name)
* Rebel (surname)
* Patriot (American Revolution), during the American Revolution
* American Southerners, as a form of self-identification; ...
,
The Reject Shop
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and
Dimmeys
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.
Shepparton is a major centre for infrastructure and civic services. The majority of the region's emergency response facilities are located there. The administrative headquarters for the Country Fire Authority (CFA) District 22 and one of only two Independent Rescue Agencies in Victoria are located in Shepparton. The Search and Rescue Squad originally started out as a "Dive and Recovery Unit" recovering lost property and persons from the rivers, lakes and water ways in the region.
Arts and culture
The city hosts the Moooving Art project, which involves local artists painting fibreglass cows, which are then displayed in tourist locations throughout the city and surrounding townships. The project is an artistic representation of the strong dairy industry prevalent in the Shepparton area.
Kidstown is Located between Shepparton and Mooroopna, it has two giant slides, a
flying fox
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They live in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Aust ...
and a train that goes right around the playground.
The city is home to a large swimming centre called ''Aquamoves'', two performing arts centres, one in Mooroopna named WestSide, due to its geographical location and the other the Eastbank Centre located in Shepparton (which houses the centres' box office). Collectively the centres are called ''Riverlinks Venues".
Shepparton is also home of the
Shepparton Art Museum, more commonly known as SAM. SAM houses the world's most significant collection of Australian ceramics, and is home to the biennial Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award and the Indigenous Ceramic Art Award. The museum features the surrealist sculpture ''Woman and Child'' by artist Sam Jinks.
Shepparton is also home to the Shepparton Theatre Arts Group (STAG), the city's premier theatrical group. STAG was formed in 1975 after an amalgamation between the Shepparton Dramatic Society and the Shepparton Light Music Company. The group presents one dramatic/comedic play, one musical and one rock revue each year. The Goulburn Valley Concert Orchestra, a community symphony orchestra, gives an annual major concert and a series of cafe concerts every year.
Sport
Shepparton is home to the John McEwen Reserve, a sports field which is part of the Greater Shepparton Regional Sports Precinct. The complex contains space for a variety of sports including soccer, AFL, netball and others. It was redeveloped by the state and federal governments and opened in 2017.
It is named after
John McEwen
Sir John McEwen, (29 March 1900 – 20 November 1980) was an Australian politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Australia, holding office from 1967 to 1968 in a caretaker capacity after the disappearance of Harold Holt. He was the ...
, the Prime Minister of Australia from 19 December 1967 to 10 January 1968.
The ground has a capacity of 3,200 and is the home ground for a number of teams including the
Goulburn Valley Suns,
and has hosted a number of matches in the
A and
W soccer leagues.
Australian Rules Football is popular in Shepparton, which fields five clubs. The main league, called the
Goulburn Valley Football League
The Goulburn Valley Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. It is a member of the Victorian Country Football League and has won the Victorian C ...
(GVFL), includes 3 teams from the city; the Shepparton Bears, Shepparton Swans and Shepparton United, with Mooroopna also fielding a team. There are also other smaller leagues, such as the
Murray Football League
The Murray Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League. The league covers a large area of northern Victoria (Australia), Victoria and southern New South Wales ...
,
Kyabram & District Football League
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and the which have teams from in and around Greater Shepparton (Rumbalara and Shepparton East respectively). There is also a junior league in the schools (SDJFA). The city plays a major role in a team where the
Australian Football League (AFL) frequently scouts for new talents to AFL clubs, which is the
Murray Bushrangers
The Murray Bushrangers is an Australian rules football team playing in Victorian statewide under-18s competition, presently known as the NAB League, since 1993 based in Wangaratta. The team trains on Norm Minns Oval. The team is coached by Mark ...
.
Association Football is also popular in Shepparton with four senior clubs entering teams into competitions run by the
North Eastern Soccer League
Goulburn North East Football Association is an association football (soccer) competition in Shepparton, Victoria. It was known as the North Eastern Soccer League from the competition's inception in 1971 until February 2009. Between 2012 and 2014 t ...
; Shepparton (formerly Lemnos), Shepparton South and Shepparton United Teams are entered in men's, women's, boys' and girls' divisions.Shepparton is also home to the
Goulburn Valley Suns Football Club. The soccer club was established in 2013, and currently competes in the
National Premier Leagues
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.
Basketball is another popular sport in Shepparton. The Shepparton Lady Gators represent the Shepparton and Mooroopna region in women's basketball playing in the
Big V division two competition. The men's team has gone into an extended recess after being one of the most successful country-based basketball teams in Australia, winning the CVIBL title in 1994 and the 2000, 2001 and 2003 Big V Championship ABA titles under the tutelage of Russell Parker. In 2011, the men's team returned to the court in the Country basketball league.
Shepparton has a rugby union club known as the Bulls who compete in the
Rugby Victoria
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Rugby Victoria manages competitions for males and femal ...
Premiership.
Cycling is popular in Shepparton due to the flat terrain and extensive network of routes. The Goulburn Valley Hospice runs the annual Shepparton Fruit Loop Ride for cyclists. There is a
velodrome
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facility located in the city's north and a world class BMX track as well as an extensive range of bike paths throughout the city and surrounding areas.
Shepparton
Harness Racing Club conducts regular meetings at its racetrack in the city.
The Shepparton Greyhound Racing Club holds regular
greyhound racing meetings at its track on the Goulburn Valley Highway,
Kialla, which opened on 10 December 2005. Previously the racing had been held at the Shepparton Showgrounds from 1973 until 2005.
Shepparton formerly had a
rugby league
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team, known as the Warriors, who competed in the
Murray Cup
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History
The Murray Cup was founded in 1890, and is named after Sir TK Murray. Murray wa ...
competition during the 2000s.
Shepparton is also home to the Goulburn Valley Hockey Association. Hockey, whilst not having as great a following in previous years, still has a strong competition. The Shepparton field was resurfaced in 2015 with works to commence on a second field in the near future. The Goulburn Valley Hockey Association fields men's, women's and junior teams from the Shepparton Strikers, Shepparton Youth Club, Mooroopna, Benalla, Echuca and Euroa. The Hockey Association also features in State Hockey Championships for men and women at both Senior and Masters competitions and also provide teams for the Junior Country Championships.
Golfers play at the course of the Shepparton Golf Club on Golf Drive.
Military
The
Royal Australian Navy
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has named two warships
HMAS ''Shepparton'' after the city, and the
8th/7th Battalion of the
Royal Victoria Regiment
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Hist ...
has a depot in the city's southeast.
Demographics
In the 2016 Census, there were 49,672 people in Shepparton - Mooroopna. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population. 74.3% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were India 2.3%, Afghanistan 1.5%, England 1.3%, Italy 1.3% and New Zealand 1.1%. 74.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 2.5%, Italian 1.9%, Punjabi 1.7%, Hazaraghi 1.0% and Dari 1.0%.
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Religion
The most common responses for religion were No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 24.5% and Anglican 11.0%. Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (58.0%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).
[
The neighboring town of Orrvale contained a small Jewish community from 1913, which disbanded in 1966. In 2015, the City of Shepparton commemorated the site of the Jewish community's synagogue with a monument.
Shepparton is home to a multicultural Muslim community numbering some 3,500 (5.5%).] There are 4 mosques in the city (Shia
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: Afghan, Iraqi; Sunni: Turkish, Albanian). The Shepparton Albanian Mosque
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is the first and oldest mosque
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in Victoria, built (late 1950s) by Albanian Australians
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whose local presence dates back to the interwar period.
Governance
Shepparton is the seat of local government and administrative centre for the City of Greater Shepparton Local Government Area. The council was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the City of Shepparton
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, Shire of Shepparton
The Shire of Shepparton was a local government area in the Goulburn Valley region, about north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1884 until 1994. From 1927 onwards, Sheppa ...
, and parts of the Shire of Rodney
The Shire of Rodney was a local government area in the Goulburn Valley region, about north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia, located between Kyabram and Shepparton. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1886 ...
, Shire of Euroa
The Shire of Euroa was a local government area about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1879 until 1994.
History
Euroa was originally within the Shire of Benalla ( ...
, Shire of Goulburn, Shire of Tungamah, Shire of Violet Town
The Shire of Violet Town was a local government area about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1895 until 1994.
History
Violet Town was first incorporated as a sh ...
and Shire of Waranga
The Shire of Waranga was a local government area about north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1863 until 1994.
History
Waranga was incorporated as a road district on 1 ...
. The council office complex is located at 90 Welsford Street and the council meets in the Chambers there. The council consists of seven councillor
A councillor is an elected representative for a local government council in some countries.
Canada
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s, elected once every four years by postal voting.
In state politics, Shepparton is located in the Legislative Assembly district of Shepparton which had been safely held by the National/Country Party since the seat was created in 1945. In the 2014 Victorian state election
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, Independent candidate Suzanna Sheed
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won the seat.
In federal politics, Shepparton is located in a single House of Representatives
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division—the Division of Nicholls
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Geography
Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistr ...
. The Division, formerly the Division of Murray
The Division of Murray was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It was located in the north of the state, adjoining the Murray River, which forms Victoria's border with New South Wales. It included the towns of Shepparto ...
, has been a safe Coalition seat since its inception in 1949 and was the seat of John McEwen
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, 18th
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In mathematics
* Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect number. ...
Prime Minister of Australia, as well the seat of Sharman Stone
Sharman Nancy Stone (née Bawden; born 23 April 1951) is a former Australian politician who represented Murray in the Australian House of Representatives between March 1996 and July 2016 as a member of the Liberal Party. She currently serves a ...
, currently Ambassador of Australia for Women and Girls, who served as member of parliament for the Division of Murray
The Division of Murray was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It was located in the north of the state, adjoining the Murray River, which forms Victoria's border with New South Wales. It included the towns of Shepparto ...
from 1996 to 2016.
Law enforcement
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Rule or ruling may refer to:
Education ...
is overseen from regional police headquarters in Welsford Street. It is one of two police stations in the urban area, with the second at Mooroopna and administers stations in several surrounding towns in the LGA. Justice is conducted at the Shepparton Courts complex at 14 High Street, a multi-jurisdictional centre that includes a Magistrates' Court, County Court, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) and Coroners Court. Corrections, are handled locally at the Community Correctional Centre on Wyndham Street.
Public safety
Public security or public safety is the prevention of and protection from events that could endanger the safety and security of the public from significant danger, injury, or property damage. It is often conducted by a state government to ensur ...
and emergency services
Emergency services and rescue services are organizations that ensure public safety and health by addressing and resolving different emergencies. Some of these agencies exist solely for addressing certain types of emergencies, while others deal w ...
are provided by several state funded organisations including local volunteer based organisations. Storms and flooding are handled by the State Emergency Service
The State Emergency Service (SES) is the name used by a number of organisations in Australia that provide assistance during and after major incidents. Specifically, the service deals with floods, storms and tsunamis, but can also assist in oth ...
(SES). Bushfires are handled by the Country Fire Authority.
Education
Shepparton has numerous primary schools, such as state schools Bourchier Street Primary, Gowrie Street Primary, Guthrie Street Primary, St Georges Road Primary School, Grahamvale Primary, Kialla West Primary, Kialla Primary, Wilmot Road Primary, Shepparton East Primary and Orrvale Primary. Catholic primary schools include St. Brendan's (shares a campus with Notre Dame College, Shepparton), St. Mel's and St. Lukes (shares a location with Notre Dame College, Shepparton Emmaus Campus.) It also has two schools catering for students with disabilities, called Verney Road School and Berry Street School.
There were seven secondary schools in the Shepparton Region: Mooroopna Secondary College
Mooroopna is a rural town located north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is on the banks of the Goulburn River opposite the larger town of Shepparton. The Midland Highway crosses the river between the two towns. At the 2016 census, Moor ...
; McGuire College; Shepparton Ace College
Shepparton () ( Yortayorta: ''Kanny-goopna'') is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria, Australia, approximately north-northeast of Melbourne. As of the 2021 census, the estimated population of Shepparton, ...
; Shepparton High School
Shepparton High School (SHS) was a public high school in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. It opened in 1909 as Shepparton Agricultural High School – the first high school in Shepparton and one of the first public high schools in Victoria. It c ...
; Wanganui Park Secondary College; the Catholic Notre Dame College
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; the private Goulburn Valley Grammar School. However, in 2020, 4 of these schools ( McGuire College, Shepparton High School, Mooroopna Secondary College
Mooroopna is a rural town located north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is on the banks of the Goulburn River opposite the larger town of Shepparton. The Midland Highway crosses the river between the two towns. At the 2016 census, Moor ...
and Wanganui Park Secondary College) merged to form the Greater Shepparton Secondary College
Greater Shepparton Secondary College (GSSC) is a Public High School in Shepparton, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It opened in 2020 as an amalgamation of four previous high schools in the region. The high schools main campus is locat ...
(GSSC), using previous school sites as campuses while the GSSC buildings are being constructed on the previous site of Shepparton High School.
The University of Melbourne
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's School of Rural Health and Rural Clinical School of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences are also based in Shepparton.
La Trobe University
La Trobe University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora. The university was established in 1964, becoming the third university in the state of Victoria a ...
also has a campus offering a range of degree programs including Arts, Business/Commerce, Nursing/Health Sciences, and Education. Approximately 400 students attend the university which provides day, evening, part-time, and full-time study options.
Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE
Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE, also known as GOTAFE, GOTAFE is the largest vocational education provider in regional Victoria. Offering over 130 courses across eight campuses, GOTAFE services 11 local government areas with an estimated reside ...
has three campuses, one in Fryers Street which hosts the organisation's administration department as well as many teaching departments, the William Orr Campus, a 120 hectare property in Wanganui Road and another newer campus located in the vicinity of the McGuire College Australian Rules Football field and bus stop on Archer Street.
Transport
The city is located at the junction of the Midland Highway and the Goulburn Valley Highway
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, the latter which is being progressively converted to freeway standard. The Peter Ross-Edwards Causeway connects Shepparton to Mooroopna.
V/Line
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runs bus coach services to Wangaratta
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, Bendigo and Griffith, New South Wales
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. A dedicated bus service to Shepparton from Melbourne Airport
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is also run twice daily passing through Seymour and Nagambie
Nagambie is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. The city is on the Goulburn Valley Freeway north of Seymour and in the Shire of Strathbogie. As of , Nagambie had a population of 2,254.
History
The Nagambie Region is w ...
.
Shepparton railway station
Shepparton railway station is located on the Tocumwal line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the city of Shepparton, and it opened on 13 January 1880. is serviced by V/Line
V/Line is a statutory authority that operates regional passenger train and coach services in Victoria, Australia. It provides passenger train services on five commuter lines and eight long-distance routes from its major hub at Southern Cros ...
rail services on the Shepparton line to and from Melbourne and to Mooroopna
Mooroopna is a rural town located north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is on the banks of the Goulburn River opposite the larger town of Shepparton. The Midland Highway crosses the river between the two towns. At the 2016 census, Moor ...
.
Shepparton Airport
Shepparton Airport is located south of Shepparton, Victoria, Australia on the Goulburn Valley Highway
Goulburn Valley Highway is a highway located in Victoria, Australia. The section north of the Hume Freeway is part of the Melbourne to Bri ...
, located south of the city on the Goulburn Valley Highway and is home to Gawne Aviation.
Shepparton also has buses that run around the suburbs and Mooroopna
Media
Newspapers
The ''Shepparton Adviser'' is a free newspaper delivered to a CAB-audited 32,004 homes, farms and businesses each week. This circulation equates to a conservative readership estimate of 70,000 per week (Circulation Audit Bureau) and includes direct delivery to 1,500 local RMB addresses via Australia Post. The ''Shepparton Adviser'' is independently owned and is the largest circulating established free newspaper in the Goulburn and Murray Valleys.
The ''Shepparton News
''Shepparton News'' is a daily morning newspaper serving Shepparton, Victoria. It was established in 1887 by Thomas Haslam as a weekly broadsheet and was purchased by Colin McPherson the following year. The ''News'' is owned by McPherson Med ...
'' is a paid morning daily newspaper published by the McPherson Media Group. It has an audited average daily distribution of 12–14,000. From the same publisher, The Country News, with an audited circulation of 55,000 is aimed at the farming community in the Goulburn Valley and surrounding regions, and is included as an insert in the Shepparton News, Riverine Herald (Echuca
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), Seymour Telegraph, Cobram
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Courier, McIvor Times (Heathcote Heathcote may refer to:
Places
in Australia
*Heathcote, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
**Electoral district of Heathcote, a seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
**Heathcote National Park
** Parish of Heathcote a parish of Cumberla ...
), Pastoral Times (Deniliquin
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Deniliquin is located at the intersection of the Riverina ...
), Benalla Ensign, Euroa
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The name Euroa comes from an Aboriginal word in the old local dialect meaning 'joyful'.
History
Major T ...
Gazette, Southern Riverina News ( Finley), Kyabram Free Press and the Campaspe Valley News (Rochester
Rochester may refer to:
Places Australia
* Rochester, Victoria
Canada
* Rochester, Alberta
United Kingdom
*Rochester, Kent
** City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area
** History of Rochester, Kent
** HM Prison ...
).
Radio stations
* Radio National
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History
1937: Predecessors a ...
621 AM / 756 AM (government-funded, mostly news, current affairs and the arts)
* ABC Radio Melbourne
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Most Local Radio stations in Victoria sim ...
774 AM (government-funded, mostly news and talkback)
* RSN Racing & Sport
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1260 AM (narrowcast)
* Vision Radio Network 1413 AM (Christian and Gospel) – service operated by United Christian Broadcasters
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Australia Pty Ltd
* Raw FM 87.6 FM (dance music station)
* Triple J
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94.5 FM (government-funded Youth Radio)
* Triple M Goulburn Valley
The Goulburn Valley's 95.3 Triple M is a commercial radio station broadcasting from Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. It is currently owned by Southern Cross Austereo & broadcasts an Adult Contemporary (AC) format. It features both locally produ ...
95.3 FM (commercial)
* ABC Classic FM 96.1 FM (government-funded, classical music station)
* Hit96.9 96.9 FM (commercial) – formerly known as Star FM, originally Sun FM.
* ABC Shepparton
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97.7 FM (government-funded local news, current affairs, light entertainment and talkback)
* ONE FM
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History
In 2006, its frequencies were from t ...
98.5 FM (community / not-for-profit)
* Radio for the Print Handicapped 100.1 FM
* ABC NewsRadio
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107.7 FM (government-funded national news, current affairs and parliamentary broadcasts)
Television stations
Shepparton is served by three commercial television networks and two publicly owned services:
* ABC (plus ABC HD, ABC TV Plus
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, ABC Kids, ABC Me
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Hist ...
& ABC News
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)
* SBS (plus SBS HD, SBS Viceland
SBS Viceland (stylised as SBS VICELAND) is an Australian free-to-air television channel owned by the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). It began as SBS TWO on 1 June 2009, and was branded as SBS 2 between 2013 and 2016. On 8 April 2017, SBS ...
, SBS World Movies
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, SBS Food
SBS Food is an Australian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). The channel airs programs about food and cooking, from cultures around the world.
History
SBS first revealed it would laun ...
& NITV
National Indigenous Television (NITV) is an Australian free-to-air television channel that broadcasts programming produced and presented largely by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It includes the half-hourly nightly ''NITV News'' ...
)
* Prime7
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(plus 7HD
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, 7TWO, 7mate
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& 7flix
7flix is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel, which was launched by the Seven Network on 28 February 2016.
7flix targets a variety of viewers and offers drama, comedy, reality, docusoap, and movies.
History
On 18 Decembe ...
)
* WIN (plus 9HD
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, 9Gem
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Nine N ...
, 9Go!
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& 9Life
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)
* Southern Cross 10
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(plus 10 HD
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, Sky News Regional
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, 10 Bold
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, 10 Peach & 10 Shake
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The channel includes a mix of shows for people aged forty and under. It broadcasts programming for children fr ...
)
The new digital channels broadcast by all the networks in addition to the main stations are available on Freeview Freeview may refer to:
* Freeview (Australia), the marketing name for the digital terrestrial television platform in Australia
* Freeview (New Zealand), a digital satellite and digital terrestrial television platform in New Zealand
*Freeview (UK), ...
to viewers in Shepparton and the wider Goulburn and Murray Valley regions.
Of the three main commercial networks:
*WIN Television
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(previously GMV-6 and 'Television Victoria') airs a half-hour local ''WIN News
''WIN News'' is a local television news service in parts of regional Australia, produced by WIN Television. 12 regional bulletins and news update services are presented from WIN's headquarters in Wollongong, and until 2021 included production ...
'' each weeknight at 6pm, produced from a newsroom in the city and broadcast from studios in Wollongong
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.
*Southern Cross 10 airs short local news and weather updates throughout the day.
*Prime7
Prime7, formerly Prime Television and other names, was an Australian television network. Prime Television launched on 17 March 1962 as '' CBN-8'' in Orange, and later expanded to cover regional New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Ca ...
airs short local news and weather updates throughout the day, produced and broadcast from its Canberra studios.
Southern Cross
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previously aired ''Weeknights'', a local news magazine program each weeknight from March 2011 before ceasing local production in June 2015.
On 5 May 2011, analogue television transmissions ceased in regional Victoria and some border regions including the Goulburn Valley and parts of the Southern Riverina in New South Wales. All local free-to-air television services are now broadcasting in digital transmission only as part of the Federal Government's plan for Digital terrestrial television in Australia
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.
Notable people
Academia
*Thomas Shadrach James
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– Linguist and herbalist
*Avni Sali
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Medical career ...
– Surgeon and academic
Arts and music
* Adam Briggs – Musician
* Anson Cameron – Author
* Adam Donovan – Musician and founder of Augie March
Augie (sometimes spelled Auggie) is a nickname for variations of the name August, which derives from the Latin name Augustus. It may refer to:
People
* Augie Auer (1940–2007), meteorologist
* Augie Galan (1912–1993), Major League Baseball p ...
* Joseph Furphy
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– Author
* Amanda Garner
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– Ballroom dancer
* Edward Harrington – Poet and author
* Sir Bernard Thomas Heinze – Musician
* John Longstaff
Sir John Campbell Longstaff (10 March 1861 – 1 October 1941) was an Australian painter, war artist and a five-time winner of the Archibald Prize for portraiture. His cousin Will Longstaff was also a painter and war artist.
Longstaff was known ...
– Painter
* Clint Morris – Film producer
* Glenn Richards
Glenn Anthony Richards (born 29 December 1973) is an Australian musician, best known as the mainstay guitarist singer-songwriter for the Australian rock band Augie March.
Early life
Richards was born in Shepparton, Victoria on 29 December 1973. ...
– Musician and founder of Augie March
* Danielle Rowe – Ballerina/choreographer
Politics and business
* Douglas Alexandra – Architect
* Kaye Darveniza – Politician
* Damian Drum
Damian Kevin Drum (born 28 July 1960) is an Australian politician who has represented Murray and Nicholls in the Australian House of Representatives since the 2016 federal election as a member of The Nationals. Drum served as the Assistant Mi ...
– Politician
* John Furphy
John Furphy (17 June 184223 September 1920) was an Australian blacksmith credited with inventing the "furphy", a water cart that was used by the Australian army during the first World War.
Early life
Furphy was born on 17 June 1842 in Moonee Po ...
– Inventor of the Furphy water-cart
* Don Kilgour
Donald Kilgour (born 16 April 1946) is a former Australian politician. He was the National member for Shepparton in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 2002.
Kilgour was born in Numurkah, Victoria, to Leonard Leslie Kilgour and Jea ...
– Politician and broadcaster
* Wendy Lovell
Wendy Ann Lovell (born 11 August 1959) is an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, New South Wales, she was a newsagent before becoming involved in politics. She held numerous posts with the Liberal Party, and was eventually elected to the Vi ...
– Politician
* Jeanette Powell – Politician
* Richard Pratt – Businessman
* John Richardson – Politician and author
* Suzanna Sheed
Suzanna Sheed (born 14 March 1954) is an Australian politician. She was an Independent politician, independent member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from the 2014 Victorian state election, 2014 state election until 2022, representing the ...
– Politician and lawyer
*Sharman Stone
Sharman Nancy Stone (née Bawden; born 23 April 1951) is a former Australian politician who represented Murray in the Australian House of Representatives between March 1996 and July 2016 as a member of the Liberal Party. She currently serves a ...
– Former Politician and current diplomat, activist
* Jim Short – Politician and diplomat
* Peter Ross-Edwards
Peter Ross-Edwards (11 July 1922 – 10 October 2012) was an Australian politician, who became Leader of the National Party in the Victorian Parliament.
He was born in Corowa to Rupert Ross-Edwards, a minister of religion, and Una Regan. H ...
– Politician
Sport
* Michael Barlow
Michael Barlow (born 18 December 1987) is a former professional Australian rules football who played for the Fremantle and Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
Barlow grew up in regional Victoria town ...
– Australian rules footballer
* Alou Kuol – Footballer for VfB Stuttgart
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* Aiden Blizzard
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– Cricketer
* Marc Bullen
Marc Bullen (born 12 July 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League for the Essendon Football Club.
Originally from Shepparton, Victoria, Bullen was selected with the 63rd pick in the 2000 AFL Draft. In ...
– Australian rules footballer
* Will Brodie – Australian rules footballer
* Shannon Byrnes
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– Australian rules footballer
* Max Carlos – Boxer
* Justin Davies – Australian rules footballer
* Louise Dobson
Louise "Lou" Dobson OAM OLY (born 1 September 1972 Shepparton, Victoria) is a former field hockey player from Australia, who earned a total number of 230 international caps for the Australian Women's National Team, in which she scored 58 goa ...
– Field hockey fullback at the 1996 Olympics
* Kevin Doolan – Australian Motorcycle speedway racer
* Robert Enes – Footballer
* Angela Foley
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– Australian rules footballer
* Shaun Hart – Australian rules footballer
* Jarman Impey – Australian rules footballer
* Garry Jacobson
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− Supercars champion
* Glenn James
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Early ...
– Australian rules football umpire
* Nikos Kalafatis
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The Gamma Ethniki ( el, Γ΄ Εθνική Ερασιτεχνική Κατηγο ...
– Soccer player
* Alex Keath – Cricketer and Australian rules footballer
* Steven King – Australian rules footballer
* Frankie Lagana – Footballer
* Brett Lancaster
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– Cyclist
* Vince Lia – Footballer
* Jarrod Lyle
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– Golfer
* Lee Naylor – Athlete
* Doug Palmer – Australian rules footballer
* Dwight Ritchie
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Boxing career
Ritchie, nickna ...
− Boxer
* Steele Sidebottom – Australian rules footballer
* Grant Thompson − Australian rules footballer
* Jason Traianidis
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Originally from Shepparton, Traianidis was a member of the North Melbourne reserves 1995 premier ...
– Australian rules footballer
* David Wirrpanda
David Selwyn Burralung Merringwuy Galarrwuy Wyal Wirrpanda ( ; born 3 August 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his career with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Born in Melbourne, Wirrpand ...
– Australian rules footballer
* Adem Yze
Adem Yze ( ; born 21 September 1977)MelbourneFC.com.aPlayer Profile – Adem Yze, ''Official AFL Website of the Melbourne Football Club'', 12 August 2008. is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in th ...
– Australian rules footballer
Clubs and associations
* Shepparton Toastmasters (public speaking)
* Goulburn Valley Chinese Association (social connection)
See also
* Electoral district of Shepparton
The electoral district of Shepparton is a rural Lower House electoral district of the Victorian Parliament. It is located within the Northern Victoria Region of the Legislative Council.
The electoral district of Shepparton covers an area of ...
References
External links
Official City Council website
Official visitor information website
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Cities in Victoria (Australia)
Towns in Goulburn Valley
City of Greater Shepparton
1860 establishments in Australia
Populated places established in 1860