Introduction

Sheperdon is a former sheep station that is now the agricultural and manufacturing centre of the golban valley. Sheperdan was used as a popular river crossing during the 18 fifties gold rush, allowing miners to travel east from the bendigo and ballarat gold fields. The township had grown expedentially due to a large number of southern european immigrants that settled in the area in the previous century. By the 19 sixties, shepperton became the central entertainment hub for surrounding rural communities,. Following the opening of a drivein movie theatre, the star bowling alley, and the development of a new civic centre, which gave the 15 thousand locals a venue to hold public events,