Importance Of Life In Shepparton

In Shepparton 4% of the population are indigenous. Prior to European settlement the Yorta Yorta people (indigenous Australian people) were living in Shepparton and the land around the junction of the Goulburn and Murray Rivers which is now known as northern and Vic and Southern NSW. The Yorta Yorta people where known as the Kailtheban. Their lifestyle were based on hunting, fishing and collecting food from many sources provided by the ancestral lands, such as rivers, lagoons, creeks and wetlands. These areas are still considered the life source and the spirit of the Yorta Yorta Nation. The survival of the ancestral lands is very important for the Yorta Yorta people and their connection with what they believe is theirs by inherent right. They