Tatura

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Located about 17km from Shepparton, Tatura is a rural township with an extensive wartime history involving the seven internee and Prisoner of War camps from World War II located in the area. These camps are considered to be of significant historical importance for the district.

The Tatura World War 2 Wartime Camps & Irrigation Museum contains photographs, memorabilia, artefacts made in the Camp, intelligence reports, records, newspaper articles and books relating to the seven Internee and Prisoner of War Camps in the Tatura area during World War 2. This collection of archival records and memorabilia is housed in two large extensions to the original building, which was the first office of the Rodney Irrigation Trust, established in 1888. This building contains the history of irrigation in the Western Goulburn Valley as well as local history.

The introduction of an extensive irrigation project has meant that the district is rich and fertile and has many local agricultural industries. The Institute of Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture, which is the state's major centre for research into irrigation management related issue, is located in Tatura.

The township of Tatura has a primary school, prominent Catholic church, Anglican, Uniting and Presbyterian churches, a swimming pool, a recreation reserve and caravan park, a showground, a hospital annex, the Victory hall, several social and sports clubs, a golf course and a substantial shopping centre.