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Also known as Shepparton, Victoria, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia

Shepparton ( ; ) is a regional city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria, Australia, approximately 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.

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Place details

Locality
Shepparton
Region
Victoria
Country
Australia
Population
32,067
Timezone
Australia/Melbourne

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Key facts

Australian place.type
city
Australian place.name
Shepparton
Australian place.state
vic
Australian place.image
Shepparton cow parade.jpg
Australian place.caption
Shepparton CBD, communications tower and "Mooving Art" display from Monash Park
Australian place.use_lga_map
yes
Australian place.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Victoria
Australian place.pop
32067
Australian place.gazetted
28 September 1860
Australian place.elevation
115
Australian place.area
42.8
Australian place.timezone
AEST
Australian place.utc
+10
Australian place.timezone dst
AEDT
Australian place.utc dst
+11
Australian place.dist1
181
Australian place.dir1
NNE
Australian place.location1
Melbourne

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Shepparton
Population
32067
Area
42.8
Elevation
115
Image
Shepparton cow parade.jpg
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Commons category
Shepparton
postal code
3630
male population
15277
female population
15922
Commons gallery
Shepparton, Victoria
inception
1860-00-00
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Travel guide

Get in

From Melbourne it's around 175 km – that is, two hours' drive, by using the M31 Hume Freeway and the M39 Goulburn Valley Freeway north.

You can also catch a train from Southern Cross Station, Melbourne which takes 2.5 hours

Sleep

The Hotel Carrington is an OK facility, but since there is a strong smell of chlorine in their water, it is better to buy your drinking water from outside, if you stay there. Same for the food.

Go next

Kyabram Fauna Park - Worth a visit, only 30 mins drive.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

~29 min read

Article

32 sections
Contents
  • Toponymy
  • History
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Urban structure
  • Central business district
  • Suburbs
  • Economy
  • Arts and culture
  • Sport
  • Military
  • Demographics
  • Religion
  • Governance
  • Education
  • Transport
  • Media
  • Newspapers
  • Radio stations
  • Television stations
  • Notable people
  • Academia
  • Arts and music
  • Politics and business
  • Sport
  • Clubs and associations
  • Environmental issues
  • Odour pollution from Wastewater Treatment Facility
  • Sister cities
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Shepparton ( ; ) is a regional city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria, Australia, approximately 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.

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