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{{Infobox Australian place
| type     = town
| name     = Tatura
| state    = vic
| image    = TaturaMainStreet2.JPG
| caption  = Main street
| lga      = City of Greater Shepparton
| postcode = 3616
| est      =
| pop      = 3533
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2006}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS"/>
| elevation= 114
| use_lga_map = yes
| coordinates = {{coord|36|26|0|S|145|14|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| maxtemp  = 21.3
| mintemp  = 8.3
| rainfall = 474.1
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Shepparton|Shepparton]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Murray|Murray]]
| dist1    = 167
| dir1     = N
| location1= Melbourne
| dist2    = 18
| dir2     = W
| location2= Shepparton
}}
'''Tatura''' is a town in the [[Goulburn Valley]] region of [[Victoria, Australia]], Australia. The town part of the [[City of Greater Shepparton]] local government area. It is {{convert|167|km}} north of the state capital, [[Melbourne]] and {{convert|18|km}} west of the regional centre of [[Shepparton, Victoria|Shepparton]]. In 2011 there were 3,672 people living in the town.<ref name="ABS">{{Census 2011 AUS|id=UCL215078 |name=Tatura |accessdate= |quick=on}}</ref>

There are several large companies based in Tatura. These include Tatura Milk Industries,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tatura.com.au/ |title=Tatura Milk Industries |first= |last=MISSING|work=tatura.com.au |year=2013  |accessdate=7 February 2013}}</ref> Goulburn-Murray Water's corporate headquarters,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.g-mwater.com.au/ |title=Goulburn-Murray Water |first= |last= |work=g-mwater.com.au |year=2013  |accessdate=7 February 2013}}</ref> [[Sinclair Knight Merz]], and the [[Department of Primary Industries (Victoria)]]. Several [[multinational corporations]] such as [[Unilever]] and [[Snow Brand Milk Products]] have processing factories in the town.

Attractions include the Cussen Park wetlands, the World War II Prisoner of War Camps, and the Irrigation Museum.

The name of the town is an [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] word meaning "small lagoon".<ref name="reed">{{cite book | title=Place names of Australia | publisher=Reed Books Pty. Ltd. | author=Reed, A.W. | year=1973 | location=French's Forest, NSW | pages=208 | isbn=0730100510}}</ref>

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