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Location of Shepparton, Victoria
© Geoscience Australia

The city of Shepparton is located in northeast Victoria, on the banks of the Goulburn River. These images were acquired from the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper sensor. True and false colour images for both a recent (2011), and an older (1987) scene are available below in high resolution JPEG format.

For acquisition of full resolution files see the Earth Observation Catalogue, or contact earth.observation@ga.gov.au

• Shepparton false colour before and after
• 1987 Shepparton true colour
• 2011 Shepparton true colour
• 1987 Shepparton false colour
• 2011 Shepparton false colour

In this false colour swipe comparison, urban areas appear as shades of purple and white. Vegetation appears as light green to yellow, with drier areas appearing lighter. Water is displayed as dark blue to black. New residential areas appear to the west in Mooroopna, in the east around Grahamvale, south around Kialla and in Shepparton North. Industry and commercial infrastructure has grown in eastern Shepparton along Benalla Road. Notice the several small manmade lakes that have been constructed in Kialla, as well as the changing water level in the Goulburn River.

	1987 Shepparton true colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 3 (visible red), 2 (visible green) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 21 December 1987 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 408KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2011 Shepparton true colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 3 (visible red), 2 (visible green) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 5 January 2011 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 406KB] © Geoscience Australia
	1987 Shepparton false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (mid-infrared), 5 (mid-infrared) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 21 December 1987 25m Resolution In these false colour images, urban areas appear as shades of purple and white. Vegetation appears as light green to yellow, with drier areas appearing lighter. Water is displayed as dark blue to black. Download high resolution image [JPEG 424KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2011 Shepparton false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (mid-infrared), 5 (mid-infrared) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 5 January 2011 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 429KB] © Geoscience Australia

Topic contact: earth.observation@ga.gov.au Last updated: October 27, 2011