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04:18, 15 November 2015 == location ==
South of [[Cobram|Cobram]],
west of [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]]
== Beginnings ==
The town developed adjacent to the [[Goulburn River|Goulburn River.]] The town was on the route from the gold fields near Bendigo to the Beechworth area. At first a punt was used to cross the river.
Sherbourne Sheppard of Tallygaroopna Station gave his name to the town. From about 1855 it was called eith "Sheppard Town or McGuire's Punt". The spelling of Sheparton was standardised when the town was surveyed in the 1860s.
== Importance of Shepparton ==
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== What was Shepparton like in the late 1870s ==
In 1879 Shepparton got its first telegraph message and the town hoped to get the railway soon ([[The Argus at KellyGang 16/10/1879|Argus16/10/79]])
A description of Shepparton [[Illustrated Australian News at KellyGang 16/2/1880 (2)|(Illustrated16/2/1880]])
== Facilities in Shepparton in the late 1870s ==
'''Population''' '''Hotels''' Prince of Wales '''James Hay''' '''Churches''' '''Schools''' [[../../things/C_community/C_bankt.html|'''Bank''']] Commercial Bank '''Main Streets''' Shepparton Shire Council formed 1879 '''Local Government''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office'''
'''[[Post Office|Post Office]]'''
There was a [[Post Office|postal]] route between [[Benalla|Benalla]] and Shepparton via Devenish, [[Dookie|Dookie]] South, Sumpston's store, and [[Pine Lodge|Pine Lodge]]
'''Other things of interest''' Dispute between Shepparton and Echuca councils over the Shire Hall. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 16/10/1879|Argus16/10/79]])
== Links to the KellyGang ==
Det [[Det Kennedy|Kennedy]] was at Shepparton at the time of the murders ([[The Argus at KellyGang 29/10/1878|Argus29/10/79]])
Promise to send army to Shepparton to protect the banks ([[The Argus at KellyGang 7/3/1879|Argus7/3/79]])
Military from the [[Army|Garrison Artillery]] was sent to Shepparton to protect banks in town in December 1878 after the [[Euroa|Euroa]] robbery ([[Royal Commission second Report Part X ( page 13)|RC2ndreportX]]) (RC [[Royal Commission report Appendix 8|App8]])
They were withdrawn in July 1879 ([[Royal Commission report day 3 page 16|RC915]])
Const [[Const T Dowling|Dowling]] was stationed at Shepparton for a time before he went up to Aaron [[Aaron Sherritt|Sherritt]]'s place ([[Royal Commission report day 14 page 13|RC3292]])
MConst M '''Commons''' was stationed at Shepparton ([[Royal Commission report day 3 page 13|RC873]])
The life of selectors in the area; economic data and practical stories ([[The Argus at KellyGang 27/4/1880|Argus27/4/80]])
== Members of the Shepparton community ==
== What happened at Shepparton after the time of the KellyGang ==
== What is happening at Shepparton today ==
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