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The Post Office opened on 2 May 1870. The local railway station opened in 1880, and is served by V/Line services on
the Shepparton Line to Melbourne. Nagambie sits on the shores of Lake Nagambie, an artificial lake created in 1891.

Nagambie Lakes is made up of two main water bodies; Lake Nagambie and the Goulburn Weir. The Construction of
the Goulburn Weir began in 1887, and was completed in 1891. The Goulburn Weir was the first major diversion dam
built for irrigation in Australia and was considered very advanced for the time. It was so highly regarded for its time
that it appeared on the reverse of Australian half sovereign and ten shilling banknotes from 1913 until 1933.

Lake Nagambie holds an array of fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Blackfish, Murray Cod, Golden Perch,
Redfin, Tench, Carp and Murray Crayfish. The lake receives water released from Lake Eildon and diverts it via
channels for irrigation use. It contains redfin to 800g, tench, carp, goldfish, brown trout, rainbow trout, blackfish,
golden perch, Australian smelt, flat-headed galaxias and Murray spiny crayfish. Predominant fish caught by anglers
are carp, redfin and occasional golden perch. Water temperature rarely exceeds 20oC during summer because of
cold water releases from Lake Eildon. Power boats are permitted on Lake Nagambie. A 5 knot speed limit applies to
Goulburn River, Goulburn Weir and Lake Nagambie after dark. Concrete boat ramp provided. A launching fee is
payable for use of the Lake Nagambie Boat ramp at McNamara Point. Monies collected are used to offset the cost
of maintaining safe access to the waterway. Earthen boat ramp facilities suitable for small hand launched boats/punts
are located beside the Mitchellstown & Chinaman's Bridges as well as at Turners Island and Major's Creek.

The Goulburn Weir, located 12 kilometres north of Nagambie, was constructed between 1887 and 1890, resulting in
the expansive waterway of Lake Nagambie that we know today. Picnic and BBQ facilities are located at the weir, and
a public walkway runs across the weir, offering good views of the structure and lake.

5 kilometres north of Nagambie is the heritage listed Kirwans Bridge, 300 metres in length and over 100 years old,
spanning the northern arm of Lake Nagambie. It is claimed to be the longest timber structure of its type in Victoria.

It has been claimed that either the Natrakboolok, Ngooraialum or Thagungwurung Aboriginal tribes occupied the land
around what became Nagambie. An Aboriginal Protectorate was briefly established at Mitchellstown in 1839 but was
moved the following year to what is now Murchison. The word 'Nagambie' is said to be derived from a local Aboriginal
word "nogamy" meaning 'lagoon'. The original lagoon is now part of Lake Nagambie. The first white men in the district
belonged to the party of explorer Thomas Mitchell which crossed the Goulburn River just to the south-west at what
became Mitchellstown. Overlanders followed in his footsteps and therefore used the same river crossing, as did the
postman on the mail route from Melbourne to Sydney, established in 1838. It was at this crossing that John Clark
built the first licensed inn outside of Melbourne in the territory that would later become Victoria. That same year
Mitchellstown became the first inland town site in Victoria to be surveyed and it was here that the survivors of the
massacre at Benalla arrived, also in 1838.

The land on which the town would develop was taken up as a squatting run in 1845 by Hugh Glass and John Purcell.
Chateau Tahbilk was established in 1860 on a part of this run with the help of French vigneron Ludovic Marie who was
also instrumental to the genesis of Murchison. A hotel, church and blacksmith were set up to cater to the through-traffic
of teamsters journeying along the river system to Adelaide. Glass had the township surveyed in 1868 by Marie. Land
sales proceeded in 1870 and it was proclaimed as the private town of 'Nagambie' in 1872. When floods killed off the
mine at Graytown in 1870 many businesses relocated to Nagambie. However, the arrival of the railway in 1880 had a
detrimental effect as Nagambie lost the coach and teamster trade.

Nagambie is a railway station on the Goulburn Valley railway in Nagambie, Victoria, Australia. The station is served by
V/Line passenger trains on the Shepparton Line. The station opened with the railway from Mangalore to Shepparton on
January 13, 1880.[2] The station is located north of the Goulburn Street level crossing. Only a small shelter is provided
on the platform, with grain silos and fertiliser sheds located on a single siding that faces Shepparton.

Unlike many of Victoria’s wine regions, the area around Nagambie has had an unbroken winemaking history dating
back to the 1850’s. Despite this longevity, the area’s unique geographical and climatic conditions were only officially
acknowledged in 1993. Subsequently, the Nagambie Lakes Wine Region is one of the newest in Victoria even though
it contains some of the oldest vines in the world. It might seem confusing at first but stick with it because, combined
with the increasing number of cool climate, high altitude wineries in the neighbouring Strathbogie Ranges, this part of
the world contains some seriously good fun for wine lovers.

The Nagambie Lakes Wine Region is the only winemaking region in Australia – and one of only six in the world –
where the climate is dramatically influenced by an inland water mass. So despite the inland setting, the presence of
the Goulburn River and various lakes and lagoons make the region milder and more humid than you might expect.
Such is the effect of these waterways on the grapes (slower to ripen, delicate but full flavours) that to be included in
the region, a winery has to be no further than three kilometres from water.

Seymour was established in 1839 at the crossing of the Goulburn River on the Melbourne-Sydney route (now known
as the Hume Highway) where an inn was first built. The Post Office opened on 1 July 1844. The railway arrived in 1872
along with substantial infrastructure to support it, establishing the town as an important rail hub for the Goulburn Valley,
the Melbourne-Sydney railway and North Eastern Victoria. It was one of the first Victorian examples of the railway
town phenomenon, in the heyday of the railway it employed 400 men and along with their families comprised one third
of the town, or 1500 people.

The town's information centre is located in the old courthouse which was built in 1864. It is located in the historical
precinct at the corner of High and Emily Sts and can furnish a walking guide of the historic precinct. It is open daily
from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., tel: (03) 5799 0233. Within the building is an art gallery , tel: (03) 5792 3285.

The association of the area with army training camps really began in 1904 with the establishment of a troop of Light
Horse at Seymour. The rail connection, local terrain, good water supply and agreeable property owners made the area
a convenient assembly point for military trainees who met annually for field exercises and official inspection. Thus
when Lord Kitchener came to Australia in 1910 to advise the government on military matters he inspected a major
encampment at the racecourse and recommended it as a permanent military training area. When World War I arrived
a few years later that permanent camp was set up and, in 1920, Seymour shire became the chief military area in
the state. This ultimately led to the establishment of the Puckapunyal camp in World War II.

The Australian Army first established a large training camp 4 kilometres east of the township during the First World
War. During the Second World War, the eastern camp diminished in importance and a substantially larger and more
permanent military township was established 10 kilometres to the west at Puckapunyal. As of 2008 Puckapunyal is
the centre for the Australian Army's Land Warfare Development Centre (LWDC) and Headquarters Combined Arms
Training Centre (HQ CATC). The HQ CATC is the headquarters for the Australian Army School of Armour
(Puckapunyal), School of Artillery (Puckapunyal), School of Engineers (Sydney NSW) and School of Infantry
(Singleton NSW). Additionally there are smaller training centres and facilities as well as a road transport squadron
based in Puckapunyal.

Prior to European settlement the area was occupied by the Natrakboolok people who continued to camp and hold
corroborees on the townsite into the 1860s. The first white men in the area were explorers Hume and Hovell in 1824.
More critically, Thomas Mitchell's party passed by to the north of the townsite in 1836. Overlanders followed in his
wake, arriving in 1837 with their cattle. By 1839 much of the land in what would become Seymour shire was taken up.

Seymour's first schoolhouse was built in 1846. By the following year there was a flour mill, along with stores and
tradesmen's shops. When the goldrush era began in 1851 traffic on the Sydney Road greatly increased to the town's
benefit and the population began to increase. Small farms emerged around the settlement, adding to the prosperity
of Seymour which had a population of 138 in 1854.

A national school and the first church (Methodist) were built in 1860. In 1863 Seymour was declared a town. That
year witnessed the construction of an Anglican church, the first bank and the first bridge over the Goulburn. By 1865
the population had increased to 450 and Seymour continued to grow in the era of free selection which began in the 1860s.

The town developed adjacent to the Goulburn River, at a crossing point for miners travelling from the Bendigo
goldfields to the new finds in the Beechworth area. As there was no bridge to link rich pastures on either sides of the
Goulburn River, a punt was quickly established and the settlement became known as "McGuire's Punt".

The name Shepparton comes from a squatter called Sherbourne Sheppard who held the Tallygaroopna Station. From
about 1855 it appears in various documents as a dual name "Shepparton or McGuire's Punt". The initial spelling
was Sheppardtown or Sheppardton, before coming to its present spelling when the town was surveyed. A Post Office
opened on 1 February 1854 and closed in July of that year, reopening on 1 May 1858.[4

The area is thought to have been inhabited by the Yota-Yota people prior to white settlement. The first Europeans to
venture onto the townsite were Joseph Hawdon and Charles Bonney who camped here by the Goulburn River while
overlanding cattle from Albury to Adelaide in 1838 (the site is commemorated by a memorial in Sobraon St).

In 1843 Sherbourne Sheppard took up the Tallygaroopna run on which the town later developed. The settlement
was initially known as Macguire's after the man who established a punt service on the Goulburn for the diggers
headed to the goldfields. Naturally he added an inn to lighten their pockets before the crossing. The name had been
changed to Sheppardtown by 1855 when the first survey was conducted.

The village became a stopover for the paddle steamer service which travelled along the Goulburn River to Echuca
on the Murray River. Agriculture also developed at this time. Nonetheless there were only 30 recorded residents
and a half-dozen buildings in 1871. Mooroopna was then the more important of the two settlements as its punt service
attracted more custom from travelling diggers. A private township was established there in 1874. However, Shepparton
developed rapidly with the arrival of the railway in 1880.

The Furphy foundry was opened by John Furphy in 1878. It was here that the famous Furphy water-cart was
manufactured.

A major expansion of agricultural production and of the local population occurred after 1912 when irrigation really
got under way with water from Lake Nagambie. Dairies and orchards proliferated after World War I, engendering a
period of rapid growth. This led to the development of subsidiary industries such as milk processing, fruit packing and
canning. Thus, in 1917, the Shepparton Preserving Company (SPC) was formed. Today it is one of the world's largest
fruit canneries. Another major player is the Ardmona cannery in Mooroopna which opened in the 1920s. Shepparton
became a borough in 1927 and a city in 1949.

Cleckheaton Woollen Mill was established in 1948 in a transfer of operations from Leeds in England and Campbell's
Soups opened its factory in 1962.

A network of parks, reserves and forests follow the paths of the Goulburn and Broken Rivers through Shepparton,
offering good bushwalking tracks and picnic spots. There is a dense state forest between Shepparton and neighbouring
Mooroopna along the river, with the Peter Ross Edwards Causeway (Midland Highway) cutting through it to link the
two communities together.

Victoria Park Lake, constructed in 1920 from a swamp, is located just south of the heart of Shepparton, fronting the
main highway and featuring walking tracks, bike paths, a skate park and boating facilities. Adjacent to the lake is the
Aquamoves health and fitness centre which has both indoor and outdoor pools.