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{{Distinguish|Shepperton}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = city | name = Shepparton | state = vic | image = Shepparton cow parade.jpg | caption = Shepparton CBD, communications tower and "Mooving Art" display from Monash Park | coordinates = {{coord|36|23|S|145|24|E|display=inline,title}} | use_lga_map = yes | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Victoria | pop = 53841 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABSSUA">{{Cite web |title=2021 Shepparton - Mooroopna (Significant Urban Area), Census All persons QuickStats|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/2016 |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics}}</ref> | poprank = | density = | established = {{start date|1860|09|24|df=yes}} | gazetted = 28 September 1860 | elevation = 116 | area = 248.9 | area_footnotes = <ref name="ABSSUAProf">{{cite web|title=2021 Census Community Profiles: Shepparton - Mooroopna|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/2016|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|access-date=2023-07-25}}</ref> | timezone = [[Australian Eastern Standard Time|AEST]] | utc = +10 | timezone-dst = [[Australian Eastern Daylight Time|AEDT]] | utc-dst = +11 | dist1 = 184 | dir1 = NNE | location1 = [[Melbourne]] | dist2 = 123 | dir2 = NE | location2 = [[Bendigo]] | dist3 = 185 | dir3 = SW | location3 = [[Albury, New South Wales|Albury]] | dist4 = 61 | dir4 = W | location4 = [[Benalla]] | dist5 = 4 | dir5 = E | location5 = [[Mooroopna]] | lga = City of Greater Shepparton | county = [[County of Moira|Moira]] | stategov = [[Electoral district of Shepparton|Shepparton]] | fedgov = [[Division of Nicholls|Nicholls]] | maxtemp = 22.4 | mintemp = 8.7 | rainfall = 436.7 | established_footnotes = <ref name="town-est"/> }} '''Shepparton''' ({{IPAc-en|Λ|Κ|Ι|p|Ι|t|Ιn}})<ref>''[[Macquarie Dictionary]], Fourth Edition'' (2005). Melbourne: The Macquarie Library. {{ISBN|1-876429-14-3}}.</ref> ([[Yorta Yorta language|Yortayorta]]: ''Kanny-goopna'')<ref name="Clark, Ian D. 2002">{{Cite book|last=Clark, Ian D.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54913331|title=Dictionary of Aboriginal placenames of Victoria|date=2002|publisher=Victorian Aboriginal Corp. for Languages|others=Heydon, Toby, 1972-, Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages.|isbn=0-9579360-2-8|location=Melbourne|oclc=54913331}}</ref> is a city located on the [[floodplain]] of the [[Goulburn River (Victoria)|Goulburn River]] in northern [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia, approximately {{convert|181|km|mi}} north-northeast of [[Melbourne]]. As of the 2021 census, the estimated population of Shepparton, including the adjacent town of [[Mooroopna]], was 53,841.<ref name="ABSSUA"/> 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, Victoria|Murchison]], [[Dookie, Victoria|Dookie]], [[Toolamba]] and [[Grahamvale, Victoria|Grahamvale]].
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