Tatura, Victoria

:"Tatura redirects here. For the genus of gossamer-winged butterflies, see "Tatura (butterfly).

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Tatura
state = vic


caption = Main street
lga = City of Greater Shepparton
postcode = 3616
est =
pop = 3,533
elevation= 114
maxtemp = 21.3
mintemp = 8.3
rainfall = 474.1
stategov = Shepparton
fedgov = Murray
dist1 = 167
dir1 =
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 21
dir2 =
location2= Shepparton

Tatura is a town 17 km west-south-west of Shepparton in Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Tatura had a population of 3,533.Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL251800|name=Tatura (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=2007-11-07|quick=on] Attractions include the Cussen Park wetlands and the Wartime Camps and Irrigation Museum. It is home to Tatura Milk Industries, Goulburn-Murray Water's head office and the Tatura Research and Extension Centre of the Victorian Department of Primary Industry. The town is associated with the water wheel or dethridge wheel, a device used to measure the amount of irrigation water released from a channel to a farmer's property.

The name of the town is an Aboriginal word meaning "small lagoon".

History

The Post Office opened on 1 February 1875. Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]

World War II internment camps

A number of internment camps were set up around Tatura, Rushworth and Murchison (Dhurringile) during World War II.

In 1941, German Templers were shipped from Palestine and interned for the duration of the war, which led to the establishment of the Temple Society Australia.

In 1943, Major Jullian Leyton arrived from England on a mission. Leyton, a Jew like many of the 'Dunera Boys', managed to secure the release of many of them if they enlisted in the British or Australian Army. At the end of the war all of the Dunera Boys were released.

The crew of the German auxiliary cruiser "Kormoran" were also interned following the battle between HMAS "Sydney" and HSK "Kormoran". 351 German civilians and servicemen who died during internment (WWI and WWII) are buried in the Tatura German Military Cemetery.

Agriculture

The Tatura Show is held in March and International Dairy Week (which is the second largest dairy show in the Southern Hemisphere) in January each year. The Taste of Tatura Food and Wine Festival is held on the first Sunday in March.

Food

Tatura Hot Bread, a local bakery, has won prizes in the Professional Section of The Great Australian Vanilla Slice Triumph in 2006 and again in 2007. [ [http://www.ouyenvanillaslice.com.au/ The Great Australian Vanilla Slice Triumph] ] .

port

The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Goulburn Valley Football League. Citation | last = Full Points Footy | title = Tatura | url = http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/Tatura.htm | accessdate = 2008-07-25 ]

External links

* [http://www.walkabout.com.au/locations/VICTatura.shtml Tatura Walkabout Page]
* [http://home.vicnet.net.au/~cussenpk Cussen Park]
* [http://taturamuseum.org.au Wartime Camps and Irrigation Museum]
* [http://www.tatmilk.com.au Tatura Milk Industries]
* [http://www.g-mwater.com.au Goulburn-Murray Water]
* [http://home.arcor.de/kriegsgefangene/cemetery/tatura/tatura.html Tatura German Military Cemetery]

References