3.+Shepparton

= Yorta Yorta: = ====The town of Shepparton is located within the Yorta Yorta region. The term 'Yorta' is derived form the word 'no'. This traditional land is found in what is now known as the central Murray- Goulburn region. Yorta Yorta land is situated on both sides of the Murray River so therefore is found in both Victoria and New South Wales. The traditional land not only includes Shepparton but also towns such as Mooroopna, Echuca, Mathoura, Yarrawonga and Wangaratta, it also includes the Barmah and Moira Forests and has the Murray, Ovens, Goulburn and Edwards Rivers. ====

 

====Prior to European settlement, the Yorta Yorta population was somewhere around 5000-6000 indigenous people, however that number was dramatically reduced by 85% after their land was invaded. ====



Influential Yorta Yorta members: ====Like so many traditional indigenous lands, Yorta Yora land has two traditional Elders who have done exeptional work within their community to gain elder status; Uncle Henry Atkinson and Aunty Denise Morgan Bulled. However, the Yorta Yorta tribe has also produced some other very influential indigenous people: ====
 * Paul Briggs
 * Neville Atkinson
 * Adrian Appo
 * Jimmy Little (musican)
 * Sir Douglas Nicholls
 * Burnum Burnum
 * David Wirrpanda