Shepparton
Shepparton | |||||||||||||
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Shepparton CBD, communications tower and "Mooving Art" display from Monash Park | |||||||||||||
Shepparton Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 36°23′S 145°24′E / 36.383°S 145.400°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 24 September 1860 | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 42.8 km2 (16.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 115 m (377 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 32,067 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 749.2/km2 (1,940.5/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+11 (AEDT) | ||||||||||||
| County | Moira | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 28 September 1860 | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 22.4 °C (72.3 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 8.7 °C (47.7 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 436.7 mm (17.19 in) | ||||||||||||
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Shepparton (/ˈʃɛpərtən/ SHEP-ər-tən; Yorta Yorta: Kanny-goopna) is a regional city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria, Australia, approximately 181 kilometres (112 mi) north-northeast of Melbourne. As of the 2021 census, the locality of Shepparton had a population of 32,067. The broader urban area, including the adjacent town of Mooroopna, had a combined population of 49,862.
It began as a sheep station and river crossing in the mid-19th century, before undergoing a major transformation as a railway town. 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. It is also a major regional service city and the seat of local government and civic administration for the City of Greater Shepparton, which includes the surrounding towns of Tatura, Merrigum, Mooroopna, Murchison, Dookie, Toolamba and Grahamvale.